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Greek Train Bomb plot thwarted: 5 propane rail cars crossing Bulgarian border were rigged to explode
ta-nea.dolnet.gr ^ | 12-03-2004 | Translated via worldlingo.com

Posted on 03/12/2004 10:41:02 AM PST by Destro

Greek Train Bomb plot thwarted: 5 propane rail cars crossing Bulgarian border were rigged to explode

12-03-2004

Five wagons that would transport propane had been trapped with big quantity of exposives train from Bulgaria, that had destination Thessalonica and had been trapped with exposives, it unfolded the passed week in Serres. In the train, that charged propane in Thessalonica in the five wagons-reservoir, had been placed big quantity of explosive matter, without however detonator.

After information that had the Counterterrorist Service, the train was immobilised in the station of Strimonas passed Monday the evening and now the beginnings appreciates that in the affair exists entanglement of Balkan mafia.

After the researches of experts, were located and removed the exposives and were sent in Athens for examination. From that moment began also the crj'ler localisation of perpetrators with climax the arrest of one of Bulgarian, who is considered informant of secret services.

Bulgaria with destination Thessalonica, that would transport propane and it would return in Bulgaria, had been placed explosive matter. Immediately were mobilised men of Department of Neutralisation of Explosive Mmihanjsmw'n and police officers of Address Serres and him immobilised Monday of 2 March, in the Strimonas.

The scripts

The police officers removed the employees THOSE WHO, in that they prohibited to approach in the train without to them they explain why. When finished the control and in order to they do not move the suspicions of employees they made reason for researches for narcotics.

From that moment meant alarm so that is located the person that gave the information and began to become combination of scripts so that they are exported sure conclusions.

The djwktjke's beginnings little later arrested one Bulgarian, who - came and go in Thessalonica for big time interval - it is brought that it gave information in the Greek secret services but also in the services of America and Britain. The Bulgarian, who anakrj'netaj by men the Counterterrorist and EYP, it appears to be involved immediately in the affair of even placement.

From the moment where was located the train-bomb in Serres, the beginnings try they evaluate with absolute secrecy each information and each element that results from the interrogation of Bulgarian.

Manipulation

Is mainly searched the case the bomb it had been placed by the Bulgarian informant and his collaborators - becomes reason for the Balkan mafia - with a view to it induces the beginnings in order to it traffics in big quantity of narcotics or even oil or it extracts money.

Even if all the possibilities are examined, the beginnings cannot exclude one from the efjaltjka' scripts - it reached that is to say the train in his destination and there with the loading of propane they was placed the explosive mechanism and they was activated with tragic consequences.

H Counterterrorist Service and the EYP examine and more painful scripts. Thus, they report that they cannot ignore also the recent case in France, where unknown organisation threatened anatjna'xej trains in case where to her they was not overwhelmed ransoms.

Blackmail

A other script, that is examined, it is the explosive matter it was placed by foreigner secret services with a view to they blackmail in view the Olympic Fights, so that is supplied our country new systems of safety or it cedes the responsibility of protection of athletic installations. It is a rather extreme script.

In every case, certain is that the choice of train, that would transport propane in order to is placed the explosive matter, it is not accidentally after it could cause victims and damage or simply a enormous noise for the effectiveness of metres of safety of country and in particular in view the Olympic Fights.

Worrying it is that the arrested Bulgarian had interconnections with the EYP and secret services of foreigner countries and he appears to have relations and with,which outlaw activates itself in the Balkans.

Alarm in the ministry of Public Order Alarm meant in the ministry of Public Order afterwards the blow in Spain. Even if as it was stressed officially, via the head of EL.AS. Mr Fotis Nasja'koy, "the Police is not afraid, but of course it worries ", as soon as it became acquaintance the blow became wide deliberation in the ministry of Public Order with object the effectiveness of metres of safety in view the Olympic Fights.

The blow caused also agitation in THOSE WHO. The minister of Transports k. Mjh. Lja'pis epjkojnw'nise me k. G. Voylgara'ki and asked also the taking of metres from the ministry of Public Order. Already THOSE WHO from alone him it has intensified the controls in the interior and the abroad of trains. However, this control is not judged sufficient and for this reason was asked the subscription of Police.

According to sources of ministry of Public Order, the patrols were increased also the controls in the stations, even if they appreciated that is difficult the keep.

The metres will increase also the next days and they are expected to extend itself in the Underground and the ISAP, but also in the stations where have starting line the means of mass transport.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: balkans; bulgaria; foiled; greece; trainbombs
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1 posted on 03/12/2004 10:41:04 AM PST by Destro
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To: *balkans

2 posted on 03/12/2004 10:41:47 AM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: Destro
Score 1 for the Good Guys!
3 posted on 03/12/2004 10:43:08 AM PST by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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To: Destro
.....fer the love of.....

.....those translation websites leave allot to be desired!.....

4 posted on 03/12/2004 10:45:35 AM PST by cyberaxe ((.....does this mean I'm kewl now?.....))
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To: Destro
with a view to they blackmail in view the Olympic Fights

Olympic Fights LOL!!

5 posted on 03/12/2004 10:46:15 AM PST by alley cat
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To: tiamat
Ya gotta love machine-based translations...

In every case, certain is that the choice of train, that would transport propane in order to is placed the explosive matter, it is not accidentally after it could cause victims and damage or simply a enormous noise for the effectiveness of metres of safety of country and in particular in view the Olympic Fights.

If babelfish were this bad, Ford Prefect woulda never been able to schlep free rides.

6 posted on 03/12/2004 10:46:24 AM PST by BikePacker
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To: Destro
The minister of Transports k. Mjh. Lja'pis epjkojnw'nise me k. G. Voylgara'ki

Try saying that 5 times real fast. Or even once real slow...

7 posted on 03/12/2004 10:47:58 AM PST by chance33_98 (Check out profile page for banners, if you need one freepmail me and I will make one for you)
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To: Destro; Travis McGee; blam; section9
Xorosho!

Well, now it wouldn't be ETA doing a bombing in Greece, now would it?!

8 posted on 03/12/2004 10:48:17 AM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Destro
Lets hope that europeans figure it out appeasement doesnt work.

a couple of days ago bombs were found planted all over french railroad tracks. yesterday the murder of 200 people in spain. today......

Personally i think i would be a little reluctant of visiting the olymics this time.
9 posted on 03/12/2004 10:48:26 AM PST by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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To: Destro
Glad for am Greeks befitting explusion for without explosion ongoing in lack for them of terror.
10 posted on 03/12/2004 10:48:55 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Destro
I am very glad they discovered the explosives.

Thanks for posting it.

Seems our media is slow to pick up on world news.
11 posted on 03/12/2004 10:49:03 AM PST by FairOpinion ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country." --- G. W. Bush)
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To: Destro
Here's a link for those of us who read in English...
12 posted on 03/12/2004 10:49:36 AM PST by BikePacker
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To: tiamat; cyberaxe; alley cat; BikePacker
Al-Qaeda "Recruits Bulgarian Students"
13 posted on 03/12/2004 10:49:53 AM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: BikePacker
Ahhh, Ford Prefect; a famous hitchhiker *AND* a deliberate design "defect" to shorten useful lives of products...
14 posted on 03/12/2004 10:50:04 AM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Destro
This is what I found:

TRAINS WITH EXPLOSIVES REACHED GREEK BORDERS
Thessaloniki, 12 March 2004 (11:50 UTC+2)


A train trapped with explosives, which was supposed to load propane in Thessaloniki, was neutralized by the authorities of Northern Greece last Monday. According to today's first page of “Ta Nea” newspaper, a Bulgarian citizen is being held and questioned, while police appreciations point to the Balkan mafia. The Greek authorities stopped the train in the Strymonas station and searched the train. Under one carriage they found a small quantity of explosives, an electronic detonator and various other parts that were not connected, therefore could not explode.

http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=441390
15 posted on 03/12/2004 10:55:23 AM PST by FairOpinion ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country." --- G. W. Bush)
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To: cyberaxe
Must you whine..........could you have done a better job?
16 posted on 03/12/2004 10:55:29 AM PST by OldFriend (Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
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To: BikePacker
If babelfish were this bad, Ford Prefect woulda never been able to schlep free rides.

That section of translation is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. Seriously ROFL!

17 posted on 03/12/2004 10:56:42 AM PST by Prince Caspian (Don't ask if it's risky... Ask if the reward is worth the risk)
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To: Destro
More:

TRAIN WITH EXPLOSIVES NOT RELATED TO TERRORISM
Thessaloniki, 12 March 2004 (11:50 UTC+2)


The train found carrying explosives in Northern Greece last week was characterized as work of the Bulgarian mafia and is unrelated to terrorism according to the Greek Police.

According to today's publication in the “TA NEA” newspaper, police forces and members of the anti-terrorism service, located and neutralized a quantity of explosives under a carriage in the Strymonas region in the prefecture of Serres. The train had departed from Bulgaria and was traveling to the Thessaloniki harbor, where it was supposed to load quantities of propane and then return to Sofia.

According to statements made by Greek Police Spokesperson Lefteris Economou to Flash Radio, the case became known to the Greek authorities, after information given to them by a Bulgarian national. According to the information there was a trapped train coming from Bulgaria with four empty tanker carriages.

In the search that was carried out, pointed out Mr. Economou, a small quantity of explosives, an electronic detonator and various other parts were found under one carriage, however they were not connected to one another and could not explode.

After a thorough search, the train arrived at its destination and transferred the propane back to Bulgaria, while the Bulgarian informant was questioned by the anti-terrorism service and is expected to be deported back to his country.

According to the Spokesperson of the Greek Police, the most probable scenario is that members of the Bulgarian mafia are implicated, aiming at misleading the Greek authorities, while it is also considered possible that the case was staged in order to make a profit off the increased security measures in Greece due to the upcoming Olympic Games.

http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=441391

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I think their statement of it not being related to terrorism is ridiculous. Maybe this time it wasn't Al Qaeda terrorists, but anyone blowing up trains IS a terrorist.
18 posted on 03/12/2004 10:56:58 AM PST by FairOpinion ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country." --- G. W. Bush)
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To: FairOpinion
Mafia planting bombs on behalf of al-Qaeda? ETA planting bombs on behalf of al-Qaeda?
19 posted on 03/12/2004 10:58:17 AM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: OldFriend
Im curious.

does anyone else use the windows translation option? i assume it showed up with my most recent upgrade. I right clicked and there it was "translate this page"
20 posted on 03/12/2004 10:58:23 AM PST by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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