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2004-08-16 Europe

French Riviera thieves clean out wealthy Arabs

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Posted by Steve 2004-08-16 10:24:18 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is Cary Grant still alive?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-08-16 10:37:17 AM|| 2004-08-16 10:37:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A statistical happenstance. Incidences of this sort of crime on the French Riviera is astronomical.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-08-16 10:38:25 AM|| 2004-08-16 10:38:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Correct Bulldog. I spent 5 days in Nice and left without my belongings. Had to explain over and over to the gendarme, that, no, this has never happened to me in America. She was, shall we say, disbelieving.

Posted by Doolittle 2004-08-16 10:48:39 AM|| 2004-08-16 10:48:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Gotta love a good cat-burglar...

Posted by mojo 2004-08-16 12:02:33 PM|| 2004-08-16 12:02:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I am on zee case!

Posted by Inspector Clouseau 2004-08-16 12:50:43 PM|| 2004-08-16 12:50:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Why on Earth would anyone steal Saudi passports? Carrying one gets you extra scrutiny at borders these days, and its not likely to get you welcomed at home, either.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-08-16 1:09:52 PM|| 2004-08-16 1:09:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I bet a Saudi passport works wonders in the Northwest Frontier.

Posted by Steve White 2004-08-16 2:28:15 PM|| 2004-08-16 2:28:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 A Soddy passport could get you a room with an Eastern view at every five-star hotel on the globe, or across the border and into most of the sandy spots.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-08-16 2:35:29 PM|| 2004-08-16 2:35:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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