Saturday, July 03, 2004
It all comes out in the end...
Bomb Was Uncovered Before NATO Summit
Following-up on another continuing story, it seems the explosion on the plane was a bomb. I think that's the comforting answer.
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By Karl VickClearly they're not the least bit concerned about "containing embarrassment" on the eve of my arrival.
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, July 3, 2004; Page A14
ISTANBUL, July 2 -- Fourteen pounds of powerful explosives were found at Istanbul's airport on June 25, two days before President Bush arrived for a NATO summit and two hours before Turkey's prime minister landed at the heavily guarded facility, police confirmed on Friday...
Turkish and U.S. officials had repeatedly denied reports of the discovery, apparently in an effort to contain embarrassment at the security breach on the eve of a summit attended by more than 40 prime ministers and presidents.
Following-up on another continuing story, it seems the explosion on the plane was a bomb. I think that's the comforting answer.
Explosives hidden in a woman's wallet blew off the fingers of the cabin cleaner who found it after passengers left the plane. The device was apparently the first bomb smuggled aboard a commercial airliner since Richard Reid tried to ignite a bomb hidden in his shoe on a Miami-bound American Airlines flight in December 2001.Plus, it appears to be breakthrough moment in the failure of airline security. Now they'll make us take off our shoes and remove our wallets. What happens when someone hides a bomb in their trousers?
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