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French Minister Seethes at Lost Explosives
France's interior minister vowed punishment for police who slipped plastic explosives into a passenger's luggage to train airport bomb-sniffing dogs — then lost the bag — saying Monday that the training method was "scandalous.""Youse guyz are sooooo gonna get it!" The practice was made public after the bag was lost Friday night at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport and likely ended up on one of up to 90 flights that departed at the time. The bag has still not turned up. Authorities have assured that there was little risk of detonation because special triggers are required to set off the plastic. "Just how little risk of detonation?" "Under 100 percent. Well under 100 percent." Police quickly ordered a halt to the practice, with spokesman Pierre Bouquin saying that sniffer dogs would stop using real luggage for practice. Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said on Monday that an investigation would determine where sanctions could be applied. "First we have to decide who's gonna get it. Then they get it." "I want to think that this was isolated and the product of an individual initiative," Villepin said. Posted by: Fred 2004-12-08 |
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