tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3207019991154460079..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Maureen Dowd on the anti-terror responseMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-4846632149100486642009-12-31T09:52:43.389-06:002009-12-31T09:52:43.389-06:00I stand corrected. The screening fault apparently...I stand corrected. The screening fault apparently was in Nigeria.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-91738539073567232842009-12-31T00:35:27.132-06:002009-12-31T00:35:27.132-06:00.
my recollection was he started out from Nigeria ....<br />my recollection was he started out from Nigeria -- easily enough checked... yep: "...the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit."<br />.<br />http://www.freep.com/article/20091225/NEWS05/91225022/0/NEWS07/U.S.-says-attack-on-NWA-flight-to-Detroit-was-a-terrorism-try<br />.<br />also saw an article dated today saying: "A Nigerian official says the nation will purchase 3-D, full body scanners..."<br />.<br />http://www.freep.com/article/20091230/NEWS07/91230017/0/NEWS07/Nigeria-airports-to-buy-full-body-scanners<br />.<br />new scanners? what happened to the scanners the US embassy in Nigeria announced were to be "fully operational at each airport by the end of April" 2008?<br />.<br />QED: maybe this *is* news<br />.kaibeezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115788470067034830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-9192008411144810322009-12-31T00:11:42.938-06:002009-12-31T00:11:42.938-06:00I don't know if it is news. It may or may not...I don't know if it is news. It may or may not be relevant; the man came from Nigeria, but he boarded the NWA flight to Detroit in Amsterdam.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-62516169022754124182009-12-30T23:55:04.863-06:002009-12-30T23:55:04.863-06:00.
on the website of the US embassy in Nigeria, thi....<br />on the website of the US embassy in Nigeria, this interesting article from march 2008: "U.S. Government Donates Body Scanners To Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency"<br />.<br />http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/prog_03272008.html<br />.<br />"The U.S. Mission has also purchased three other scanners and four new drug/explosives-detecting “Itemizers” for use at Nigeria’s four international airports in Abuja, Kano, Lagos and Port Harcourt."<br />.<br />i read this to say there has been a body scanner *and* an explosives detector at all 4 international airports in Nigeria since last march<br />.<br />i don't read the newspapers much - is this news?<br />.kaibeezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115788470067034830noreply@blogger.com