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Missing Semtex 'left unguarded'
bbc.co.uk ^ | July 19, 2008

Posted on 07/19/2008 6:27:54 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

A depot in France from which a large quantity of powerful explosive went missing was poorly guarded, the regional head of security has said.

The storage of 28kg (61lb) of Semtex at the site near Lyon was "not usual and certainly not authorised", Xavier de Fuerst also told the AFP news agency.

A search by anti-terrorist officers is under way, and the manager of the site has been suspended pending an inquiry.

Semtex is favoured by terrorists as it is odourless and difficult to detect.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: explosives; france; jihadineurope; lyon; missing; semtex; wot

1 posted on 07/19/2008 6:27:54 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The storage of 28kg (61lb) of Semtex

That's enough to destroy...
2 posted on 07/19/2008 6:36:37 PM PDT by allmost
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To: allmost

I guess it’s Donald Rumsfeld fault. /sarc


3 posted on 07/19/2008 6:44:23 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: allmost

Yep.

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4 posted on 07/19/2008 6:45:28 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: allmost

...163 jumbo jets in flight.


5 posted on 07/19/2008 6:46:06 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Free ThinkerNY

dumb arses.
They didn’t mention the suspended managers name, but my guess is Ali Mohammad Osamma Akbar or something like that.


6 posted on 07/19/2008 8:26:03 PM PDT by Selmore (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
was poorly guarded

Understatement of the year?

7 posted on 07/19/2008 8:42:28 PM PDT by John123 (Obambi said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
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