Archive for October 1st, 2007
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
Dressed to Kill: Why Air Marshals Are Concerned
A male suicide bomber, dressed as a woman and wearing a burqa, blew himself up at a police checkpoint in northern Pakistan today, killing sixteen people and wounding twenty-nine. From Agence France-Presse:
"A man disguised in a burqa got out of an autorickshaw when police stopped the vehicle for a search at a checkpoint. He […]
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
Fear of Dying While Flying
The top story at CNN for the last twenty-four hours has been about airport passenger Carol Ann Gotbaum, a 45-year old woman who was found dead in a Phoenix airport holding cell after being arrested on a disorderly conduct charge. Witnesses at the airport say Gotbaum had been running around the concourse "yelling and screaming." […]