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Suspicious Package to U.S. not from Yemen; Yemenia Air Cargo Director
2010-10-30
[Yemen Post] Mohammed al-Shaibah, Air Cargo Director for Yemenia Airways said to Yemen Post, "No UPS cargo plane left Yemeni lands over the land 48 hours. These accusations are false and baseless." He added, "No UPS or DHL cargo packages heading to Chicago through Yemen took place in the last 48 hours as well."

"All packages are checked very carefully in Yemen, and there is no evidence to prove that this package came through Yemen."
Then his lips fell off.
CNN reported the suspicious package, which contained a "manipulated" toner cartridge, tested negative for kaboom, the source said, but it led to heightened inspection of arriving cargo flights in Newark, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a UPS truck in New York.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Come now. Of course he'd want to preserve Yemen's orderly reputation, and avert any pesky rumors that Muslims + aircraft = trouble.
Posted by: RandomJD   2010-10-30 13:27  

#3  Reminds me of a couple of other prominent denials:

1) The mayor of Luxor telling me that the six Islamic Group terrorists who killed 58 tourists in 1997 were not Egyptian, but Israelis.
2) Egypt Air denying that that pilot could have plunged that plane into the Atlantic Ocean because his religious forbid suicide.
Posted by: HammerHead   2010-10-30 10:02  

#2  Maybe the packages originated in Chiago.
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-10-30 09:24  

#1  Greta (FoX) had a reporter on that said the two explosive devices originated in Yemen, same bombmaker, but actually placed on the planes in Dubai and the UK, meaning AQ has cell members outside of Yemen and in place. They also said initial reports indicated there may be 7-12 packages worldwide so the search is not over.
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091   2010-10-30 00:40  

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