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Chris Yates from Jane's Aviation told the BBC that both the swab and sniffer dog tests were extremely sensitive. The likelihood that a container that had not come into contact with explosives would come up positive on both tests was extremely low, he said.

You could be right but they sound pretty sure it's a bomb. Also, everybody from Pakistan might not be Moslem, but 97% of them are so I'd have to say the odds are pretty good this woman's Moslem too.

FReegards.

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Or, that she just attended a cremation and wandered around the graveyard.

They put down a lot of deodorizing stuff in graveyards, and they fertilize everything that's still alive ~ constantly! Then, there are the flowers from everywhere ~ semipreserved for long shelf life with strange chemistry.

Most people are unaware of what a chemical stew a graveyard can be ~ and scooping up ashes to "take back home" is going to give you a motherload of even more chemicals.

The TSA people are absolutely correct about how sensitive their tests are, particularly to fertilizer, oil and various petroleum compounds.

They almost confiscated our shoes a couple of years back.