February 18th, 2003 Explosive Belt Found Inside Paint Can Yesterday, February 17, 2003, an IDF engineering force discovered an explosive belt hidden inside a paint can. The force had been stationed in Nablus for six weeks and had thwarted many terror attacks during this time. The commander of the force, Lt. Col. Amir told the army website: "We got intelligence information about the possibility that a suicide bomber was trying to infiltrate Israel. Due to this information we spread our troops out through the whole city. We also set up checkpoints." Amir continued and said, "At a later stage, we...