[Dog]

French officials told ABCNEWS the man is feared to have a small bomb whose components might get past airport security.

Holy freaking moly!!!

[aculeus]

The man's identity and description have been passed on to security officials in London, adding to other potential threats being dealt with there.

Why not go public with the description?

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[over3Owithabrain]

Thanks France, you f**kups.

But somehow Bush will get mocked for all the airplane cacellations, when it's all Pepe LePew's fault

[Brad’s Gramma]

Has anyone checked BBC to see if there's a picture out there somewhere?

[sweetliberty]

"the French fear they canceled the flight too soon, tipping him off."

Yes, it would have made so much more sense to allow him to board the plane, then when the bomb went off, they'd know for sure where he was. < /sarcasm >

"The French are concerned that they may have dropped the ball."

Not to put too fine a point on it, but I think the French dropped the ball a LONG time ago. Hard to hang onto the ball when you have your hands in the air.

[NittanyLion]

"The French are concerned that they may have dropped the ball."

May have?

[hoosiermama]

Former French defense official Alexis Debat says the French fear they canceled the flight too soon, tipping him off.

WELL DUH!

[cardinal4]

Did he fail to show because the French tipped him, with their announcement?

[OXENinFLA]

"The French are concerned that they may have dropped the ball."

My vote for understatement of the week.

[CyberAnt]

"The French are concerned that they may have dropped the ball"

NO DUH!!

[Becki]

The man is being sought across Europe. Former French defense official Alexis Debat says the French fear they canceled the flight too soon, tipping him off.

Fuh-F'ing-Duh!

Bloomin' Frenchies!

Becki

[SarahW]

He took a jaunt to Egypt, perhaps? With the return flight terminating in the Red Sea?

[JustPiper]

Nothing to see here (according to Chirac)

[anymouse]

Looks like Inspector Cleuseau bungled another one. No wonder they have been canceling French flights lately.

[alrea]

the French fear they canceled the flight too soon, tipping him off

they wanted to negotiate

[Bush is too liberal]

He probably joined other terrorists in an unopposed effort crossing our too-open borders. All because Bush wants the Mexican vote.

[tgslTakoma]

Maybe he hopped a flight in Egypt on Flash Airlines last Saturday??

[M. Peach]

I don't know why they just didn't keep their mouths shut and wait to bust the guy while he as going through the checkpoints.

[kcvl]

France: Government, Muslim Leaders Agree To Form Council To Combat Misunderstand

mail icon Email this article to a friend france government, Muslim LeadersAgree To Form Council To Combat Misunderstandings. By Sarah Martin.

http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/02/04022003173640.asp

Extractions: Email this article to a friend By Sarah Martin France is home to Western Europe's largest Muslim population. And with a recent spate of arrests, the country is being portrayed as one of Europe's new hotbeds for Islamic terrorism. Negative media coverage has sparked angry sentiment toward the country's Muslim population. In an effort to correct misunderstandings, the French government and Muslim leaders have agreed to create the first nationally elected council to represent the country's 5 million Muslims. Paris, 4 February 2003 (RFE/RL) More than 25 suspected terrorists have been arrested in France since last spring. The county's new center-right government says it believes the threat from radical Islamic groups is much more deeply rooted than it had first imagined. Such news has left many in France's Muslim community particularly concerned, worried that their faith will be questioned and that they will be looked at with greater suspicion. Nine suspected Islamic militants were arrested recently in a raid in a northern Paris suburb. One of the men, Menad Benchellali, is the son of Chellali Benchellali, an Algerian-born imam, or prayer leader, who runs the Abu Bakr mosque in suburban Lyon. Last year, another of Benchellali's sons, Mourad, was arrested by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/02/04022003173640.asp