Egypt: Explosives smuggling into Gaza thwarted
[Ma'an] Egyptian security forces thwarted a weapons-smuggling operation into the Gaza Strip on Monday, a security source said.
Forces along the border city of Rafah received information that explosives prepared for smuggling through the tunnel complex were being stored in a warehouse 120 meters from the border in the Al-Ahrash neighborhood, the source said.
According to the official, a security patrol with sniffer dogs was dispatched to the scene where 10 small bags containing half a ton of TNT explosives were found.
10x(small) = 0.5 ton. Clearly I'm missing a factor somewhere... | You're missing the Gaza Factor. Any bag holding only 100 pounds of TNT is small, somewhere along the lines of a school book bag.
The stash also included mortar shells and 30 anti-aircraft missiles from the World War II, and were removed and prepared for a controlled detonation, the source said.
World War II anti-aircraft missiles? Must have missed that episode of the Military Channel.
Posted by: Fred 2010-07-06 |