FIVE ARRESTS IN FRANCE, CONNECTED TO SHOE BOMBER

Der Spiegel ^ | Apr. 17, 2002 | Der Spiegel Staff

[aristeides]

SCHUHBOMBER-ERMITTLUNGEN

[SHOE BOMBER DEVELOPMENTS]

Fünf Festnahmen in Frankreich

[Five Arrests in France]

Die französische Polizei hat fünf Personen festgenommen, die dem mutmaßlichen "Schuhbomber" Richard Reid zugearbeitet haben sollen. Reid hatte im Dezember auf dem Flug von Paris nach Miami versucht, in seinem Schuh befindlichen Sprengstoff zu zünden.

[French police have taken into custody five persons who are said to have collaborated with the alleged "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid. Reid had attempted, on a flight from Paris to Miami in December, to set fire to an explosive located in his shoe.]

Paris - Die französische Polizei gab die Identität der Festgenommenen nicht preis. Möglicherweise seien sie an den Vorbereitungen des versuchten Anschlags in einem Flugzeug der American Airlines im vergangenen Dezember beteiligt gewesen, hieß es nach Angaben der Justiz von Mittwoch in Paris. Sie seien am Dienstag in Paris und in einem Vorort festgenommen worden.

[Paris -- The French police did not reveal the identities of the people arrested. These people may have taken part in the preparations for the attempted attack on an airplane of American Airlines last December, according to information coming from the justice system in Paris on Wednesday. The individuals were arrested on Tuesday in Paris and a suburb.]

Der 28-jährige Reid hatte am 22. Dezember 2001 am Flughafen Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle eine Maschine nach Miami bestiegen. Bei dem Versuch, mit einem Streichholz eine Zündschnur an seinem Schuh anzuzünden, war er an Bord überwältigt worden. In dem Schuh befand sich Ermittlern zufolge genügend Sprengstoff, um bei einer Explosion das Flugzeug zum Absturz bringen zu können. Zurzeit sitzt Reid in Boston im Gefängnis.

[The 28-year-old Reid had board a flight to Miami at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on Dec. 22, 2001. While he was trying to set fire to a detonator in his shoe with a match, he was overpowered on board the aircraft. According to investigators, enough explosive was found in the shoe to have been able to cause the airplane to crash. At the moment, Reid is being held in a prison in Boston.]

[aristeides]

It'll be interesting to find out what the allegations against these people are.

[Registered]

OUI!

[aristeides]

Indexing.

[corkoman]

smelly feet? - wait, thats something they all seem to relish

[aristeides]

Une réponse de très grande vitesse.

[aristeides]

The French love smelly cheese.

[areafiftyone]

Already posted HERE:
Five Arrested in Shoe Bomb Case

[aristeides]

Different articles, but thanks for the link. I'll put a link to this thread on the other thread.

[areafiftyone]

KEWL!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Ooooh. Did you provide the translation? I'm impressed.

[aristeides]

Fraid so. I see I typed "had board" where I should have typed "had boarded".

[gridlock]

Bump for the French. Tres Bien!

[My Identity]

It'll be interesting to find out what the allegations against these people are.

1 - Shoe store owner
2 - Shoe salesman
3 - Flat landlord where Reid lived
4 - Flat landlord where Reid's al Qaeda contact lived.
5 - Airline ticket saleswoman

"Theez peeple were zee eazist to arrezt" said Inspector Clouseau. "They muzt know somezing."

[Wm Bach]

Everyone says he was trying to blow up an airplane with his shoe, but really it was sabotage.

[codebreaker]

Mon Dieu!

[null and void]

The French love smelly cheese.

and hate soap. Coincidence???

[null and void]

*groan*

(for the rest of you look up the etymology of "sabotage")...

[aristeides]

Etymology of "sabotage".

[Wm Bach]

My other favorite Star Trek truism is "Most myths are based in reality."

[null and void]

Interesting. My encounter with the devivation of sabotage antedates Star Trek, and was wooden shoes being thrown into the looms to muck up the works.

Anyone have an OED?