ADDING to post no. 1169:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts?page=1169#1169
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/perfume/
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cologne/
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Note: Read the whole article please. -Cindy
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2654.html
Paper No 2654
29-March-2008
“FOILED ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP PLANE FROM URUMQI -INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 385”
By B.Raman
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “When asked “if the airport inspection did not discover it, then how was it uncovered on the airplane?” the explanation from Luckie at 6:20pm was that “the bottle was opened on the airplane and many people smelled gasoline. That traveler took the gasoline into the restroom and remained in there for a long time.”
Then at 6:20pm again: “They are registering information about everybody right now. I don’t know if I can get back to Beijing today ... the female passenger who carried the gasoline had used perfume to cover up the smell. It must have been intentional.””
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Latest news: Today, China Southern Airlines chairman Liu Chaoyong said that a female passenger came out of the restroom and passed by the flight attendant who detected a suspicious smell. The attendant alertly sensed that the smell was suspicious. Then she smelled the scent of perfume and gasoline in front of the restroom. The attendant immediately searched the restroom and ultimately found an inflammable substance inside the garbage bin of the restroom.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Liu Chaoyong said that the preliminary analysis was that the two individuals intended to stow away the inflammable material and then take action at the appropriate moment. Fortunately, the flight attendant foiled the plot in time.”
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Editorial: "OUTSOURCING DEFENSE CONTRACTS" by Duncan Hunter (EDITORIAL SNIPPET: "As American forces confront the global terrorist threat on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, an equally serious threat exists here at home with the continuous outsourcing and erosion of our defense industrial base. The deterioration of our domestic defense industries, which helped carry us to victory in World War II and the Cold War, represents one of the greatest challenges to our security and the future success of our military forces. Despite this fact, the list of U.S. defense contracts awarded to foreign competitors continues to grow...") (March 28, 2008)
“Then she smelled the scent of perfume and gasoline in front of the restroom”
I read it all. Thank you.