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| French Minister Seethes at Lost Explosives |
| 2004-12-08 |
| 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 |
| #5 I almost forgot that Villepin was de-moted. Lipstick on a pig, comes to mind. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-12-08 4:47:49 PM |
| #4 Screen play continues to develope. Le Buum.... where is le buum? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-12-08 4:27:15 PM |
| #3 I wonder if he'll write a poem about it? "Ode to a lost little box of plastique". |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-12-08 4:15:50 PM |
| #2 "I want to think that this was isolated and the product of an individual initiative," Villepin said. Wishful thinking. A Villepin speciality. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-08 3:42:34 PM |
| #1 French Minister Seethes at Lost Explosives So...when is Miss de Villepin going to start killing fellow Phrenchies? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-08 3:39:47 PM |