ABC NEWS.go.com/WNT: "EXCLUSIVE: SHOE BOMBER ALERT PRECEDED AIRPORT SHOOTING" by Brian Ross (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Officials say a 50-year old Egyptian man was stopped six days ago at New York's John F. Kennedy airport. Sources say he had a suspicious pair of shoes that tested positive five times for the explosive substance TATP on the interior of his shoes between the heel and sole. Federal officials say the man's shoes are remarkably similar to those used by shoe bomber Richard Reid, who attempted to blow up an American Airlines jet over the Atlantic four years ago. The Egyptian man's destination was Des Moines, Iowa, sources say, and he claimed he was a student at Iowa State University, in Ames. Strangely, after holding him overnight, airport security in New York released him. The FBI was notified after he was released. Now the FBI has put out a nationwide alert.") (December 7, 2005) (Read More...)
CNN.com: Miami, Florida - "MAN KILLED AFTER BOMB CLAIM AT AIRPORT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A 44-year-old U.S. citizen who claimed to have a bomb was shot and killed when air marshals opened fire on a boarding bridge at the Miami airport, several sources told CNN. American Airlines Flight 924 was in Miami on a stopover during a flight from Medellin, Colombia, to Orlando, Florida, when the man, identified as Rigoberto Alpizar, said there was a bomb in his carry-on backpack, a Department of Homeland Security official said.") (December 7, 2005)
Thanks to a special FReeper for pointing to this article:
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"Major arms cache unearthed in Syria"
Wed Dec 7, 4:05 PM ET
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian security forces found caches of arms and explosives in the province of Aleppo and the suburbs of Damascus, it was reported, adding the weapons came from Lebanon.
The official SANA agency also said security forces had unearthed a bomb-making factory in the northern province of Aleppo, the site of recent clashes between militants and security forces.
"The security forces in charge of fighting terrorism have discovered during their latest operations against Takfirist (Sunni extremist) terrorists several arms and explosives caches in various places in Aleppo province and the suburbs of Damascus."
SANA said that among the objects discovered were "automatic rifles, anti-tank missile launchers, revolvers, bombs, explosive materials, explosives belts as well as personal documents and Takfirist propaganda."
"These arms came into Syria from Lebanon and they were seized during an attempt to send them back into Lebanon following police intervention," it said."
a 50 year old college student with TATP shoes isnt suspicious to the NYPD?
THIS IS AN UPDATE to post no. 4239:
Note The following text is a quote:
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http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/egytiandetention120805.htm
Press Release
December 8, 2005
Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
On December 2, 2005, an Egyptian male was detained by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials while passing through a security checkpoint at JFK Airport in New York City. Preliminary field testing of the individual's shoes showed a positive hit for explosive materials being contained in the shoes. The shoes were confiscated by TSA officials and turned over to the FBI for further analysis.
Analysis of the shoes was performed at the FBI Laboratory and it was determined that no explosive materials were present in the passenger's shoes. This individual was also interviewed by Special Agents of the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Waterloo, Iowa, and it was determined that he poses no security threat.
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