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| Germany blocks air freight traffic from Yemen | |
| 2010-11-01 | |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] Germany will no longer accept air freight from Yemen, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere announced today after parcel bombs from the country were found on US-bound cargo flights. "The federal government assures that from now no freight coming from Yemen will arrive in Germany," the minister said. France's civil aviation authority announced earlier that it had suspended air freight from Yemen in the wake of the interception of two parcel bombs in Dubai and Britain.
Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... the same person constructed the Yemen parcel bombs and the device worn by the "underwear" bomber who botched an attack over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, the US counter-terrorism chief said Sunday. "I think that the indications are right now based on forensic analysis that the individual responsible for putting these devices together is the same," John Brennan told ABC's "This Week" news program. Authorities have said two parcels discovered on cargo planes in Dubai and central England late Thursday after a tip-off from Soddy Arabia contained explosives and were intended to bring the aircraft down. Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper and The Washington Post said investigators were focusing on a Saudi Al-Qaeda explosives expert based in Yemen, 28-year-old Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. Pictured left is the home of one of the suspects Hanan al-Samawi, who was jugged the previous day. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 It used to be a tourist destination of sorts. Yemen has some excellent diving spots and some interesting archeological sites. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-11-01 23:46 |
| #3 Why does anyone do business with or in Yemen, anyway? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-11-01 16:20 |
#2 How much air freight is there from Yemen to Germany in the first place? They can't grow qat or opium there, can they? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2010-11-01 13:14 |
| #1 the same person constructed the Yemen parcel bombs and the device worn by the "underwear" bomber If he survives long enough even this slow learner will figure out how to make a bomb that actually brings down a jetliner. Better find him pretty soon. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-11-01 09:35 |