Explosives detected in parcels destined for US at Cairo International Airport

[villager]

Source: Ahram Online


Two DHL parcels containing explosive materials were seized at Cairo International Airport before making their way to the US through London, an official told Aswat Masriya on Tuesday.
The source at the airport said that the parcels, weighting about 10kg, were going through security procedures when the explosive substances were detected by the X-Ray scans.

The two parcels underwent further examinations which confirmed the existence of explosives.

The official said that the parcels have been put under heavy security until authorities can identify their owners.

Following the crash of the Russian airliner on 31October in Sinai which killed all 224 passengers on board, security measures were tightened at Egyptian airports.

New X-Ray baggage security scanners have been installed in the departure hall of Cairo International Airport.

The United States has asked Egypt not to ship parcels, cargo or mail on passenger aircraft destined for the United States starting this week.



Read more: http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/171664.aspx

[uppityperson]

1. Update : No explosives found

http://news.yahoo.com/no-explosives-u-bound-parcels-cairo-airport-egypt-002736887--finance.html

[villager]

2. Well, good! Thanks for that update! nt

[uppityperson]

3. I am much more worried about stuff being shipped and not screened vs passengers

[villager]

4. Agreed -- and they only need to "get away" with it once or twice to freak out everyone...

...the world over, and consequently, make it that much harder on passengers, for years to come...

[COLGATE4]

5. May have been a dry run to test security?

[gvstn]

6. I realize there have been several attacks recently, but this smelled fishy from the beginning.

Terrorists do not strike on Holidays which is when all the red flags go up. They strike when no one is looking not in times of high alerts.

I could be wrong there could be some intelligence warning about an imminent attack but it always seems to happen around our holidays.