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That explosion in Italy turned out to be fireworks.

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25164702.htm
"Easter fireworks cause fatal Naples scooter blast"
25 Mar 2005 18:57:22 GMT
Source: Reuters

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NAPLES, March 25 (Reuters) - One person was killed and several others were injured in an explosion in the southern Italian city of Naples on Friday, apparently caused by fireworks being carried by two people on a motor scooter.

Dismissing initial fears that the explosion might have been a car bomb in a city racked by gangland violence, police said the man driving the scooter appeared to have crashed into a parked car."

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/03/005493print.html

March 25, 2005

"Ex-Detroit Metro screener charged with hiding bin Laden sympathy"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "He was discharged from the Air Force for pro-Osama statements. Then he tried to get a job as...an airport screener. But of course, what he said was taken out of context. From AP, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:

DETROIT (AP) — A Yemeni immigrant who was discharged from the U.S. Air Force after expressing sympathy for Osama bin Laden following the Sept. 11 attacks faces trial next week on accusations of lying to land a job as an airport screener.

Sadeq Naji Ahmed, 25, of Dearborn faces up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of making false statements on a questionnaire to get a job with the Transportation Security Administration at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

"This is a case of vast government overkill," defense lawyer William Swor said Thursday after U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman declined to dismiss the indictment. "My client is an absolutely loyal American.""