[FairOpinion]

And some additional tidbits:

"Police in Belem interviewed Mr. Ibrahim's colleagues. They reportedly said he boarded a plane in Cairo with the suitcase and four other crew members."

http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/04/30/f212.raw.html

With 4 others?!

And another article also from the Halifax News:

"The cause of the sailor’s death will be made public today, Ron St. John, director general for the Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health Canada, in Ottawa, said.

It will be released once Brazil’s top labs have performed final tests to pinpoint the bacteria."

http://www.canada.com/halifax/dailynews/story.asp?id=2D39EE3D-643B-441D-8963-DA5AA51F3104

I will be very interested to find out what is the bacteria and where is the suitcase and what's in it?

I hope it won't turn out that one of his other 4 associates, who came with him took possession of it and hid it, then will deliver it.

Sounds like the Canadians weren't really that thourough in searching the ship, just swabbed it here and there.

I think we haven't heard the end of this story yet.

[FairOpinion]

Ping

Thought you'd want to keep up. There are a few more interesting tidbits here.

[aristeides]

Case seems to get more and more mysteriuus.

[Cicero]

None of the stories I've read about this have explained what happened to the suitcase or bag. It was called a suitcase in the earlier stories. And in British usage, "bag" is the word used for suitcase. so it's more likely to be a suitcase than a duffle.

[Allan]

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