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Mail Bomb Defused 17 Minutes Before Set to Explode, French Official Says
Fox News ^ | 11-04-2010 | Fox News

Posted on 11/04/2010 6:26:30 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather

PARIS -- One of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was defused just 17 minutes before it was set to explode, the French interior minister said Thursday.

Brice Hortefeux provided no other details in an interview on France's state-run France-2 television, or say where he got the information about the timing.

When investigators pulled the packages off cargo planes in England and the United Arab Emirates Friday, they found the bombs wired to cell phones and hidden in the toner cartridges of computer printers. The communication cards had been removed and the phones could not receive calls, officials said, making it likely the terrorists intended the alarm or timer functions to detonate the bombs, U.S. officials have said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bomb; defused; explode; minutes
Fox got this information about an hour ago.
1 posted on 11/04/2010 6:26:34 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Still wishy washy statements. We had an actual panty bomb go off...and no one even blinked.

But don't worry, Obama said we can take it!!

2 posted on 11/04/2010 6:28:58 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: sheikdetailfeather

....my suspicion grows, since the bombs were fused with cells phones, they could go off at a desired time...when the call gets placed. It’s super easy to determine where your specific flight is...scary simple. You can do the deed over any city in the world from any city in the world.


3 posted on 11/04/2010 6:36:44 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle
There's only one answer: BAN ALL CELLPHONES.

< /Mayor Bloomberg>

4 posted on 11/04/2010 6:39:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Karl Rove: The Republican Jimmy Carter.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather
So why can't we simply refuse all shipments from Yemen?

1. With the computers at the checkpoints giving the package "directions" you can easily see WHERE the package is headed. So if it says USA, toss it into the bomb box.

2. FedX and UPS have the POWER to detect a package headed for the USA ... they should simply refuse everything from Yemen at the check-in counter.

3. What about the "other carriers and countries"? They're on their own.

What "important" would be in a package from Yemen anyway ... dates and bombs?

5 posted on 11/04/2010 6:46:27 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (You are just jealous because the voices aren't talking to YOU!)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Sure it was.

What’s next?

“Wag the dog”


6 posted on 11/04/2010 6:51:49 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather; STARWISE; maggief; onyx; SE Mom; hoosiermama; Liz

And then our Dear Reader allowed more of these planes with potential bombs to fly over US airspace and land at some of our busiest airports in the country.

Go Figure...(eye roll)


7 posted on 11/04/2010 7:02:46 AM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

They know it was 17 minutes, because the bombs had the standard red LED countdown clocks.


8 posted on 11/04/2010 7:04:57 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: sheikdetailfeather
17 MINUTES?

Heck, that's nothing. Those 'good guys' on TV work on their bombs by cutting wires until they manage to disconnect the timer with only 02 seconds remaining.

Heart stoppers!


lol
9 posted on 11/04/2010 7:10:07 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: penelopesire

That’s the part I will NEVER understnd- how they were allowed into our air space once the info was available to potus.


10 posted on 11/04/2010 7:15:43 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: penelopesire

Makes ZERO sense.

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http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_obama-to-deliver-speech-against-terror-at-taj-hotel-in-mumbai_1461337

US President Barack Obama will deliver a speech against terrorism at Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, one of the targets of 26/11 attack, during his visit to India beginning November 6.


11 posted on 11/04/2010 7:27:47 AM PDT by maggief
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To: r9etb

..making a beep every second, and speeding up the beeps as zero approached.


12 posted on 11/04/2010 9:19:37 AM PDT by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: r9etb; Erasmus

13 posted on 11/04/2010 9:23:25 AM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany.")
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To: Erasmus

And you as the camera angle back and forth between the bomb diffuser and the countdown clock, the time gap between the countdown clock and the pan back-and-forth don’t jive...

time gap when camera pans back and forth: 10 seconds, time gap when camera is focused on bomb diffuser - 2 minutes...


14 posted on 11/04/2010 9:23:39 AM PDT by Maringa
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To: Erasmus

And as the camera angles back and forth between the bomb diffuser and the countdown clock, the time gap between the countdown clock and the pan back-and-forth don’t jive...

time gap when camera pans back and forth between LED clock-bomb difuser-LED clock: 10 seconds, amount of time when camera is focused on bomb diffuser before it zooms back to the LED Clock - 2 minutes...


15 posted on 11/04/2010 9:25:58 AM PDT by Maringa
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