News From France

Is this a great story or what?

Paris --- Police at Paris' top airport lost track of a passenger's bag in which plastic explosives were placed to train bomb-sniffing dogs, police said Saturday.

Mon Dieu! Ve have lost ze bag! Quick! Call Inspector Clouseau!

Warned that the bag may have gotten on any of nearly 90 flights from Charles de Gaulle, authorities searched planes upon arrival in Los Angeles and New York. No explosives were found on any of the flights.

On the other hand the explosives are still missing, but don't worry.

French police said the explosives were harmless and there was no chance they could go off because they were not connected to detonators.

In a related story, terrorists have access to detonators.

More than 300 passengers were evacuated and their luggage searched when their Air France flight from Charles de Gaulle arrived in Los Angeles late Friday, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said.

No luck! The explosives are still missing.

French police at Charles de Gaulle deliberately placed up to 5 ounces of plastic explosives into a passenger's luggage Friday evening, said police spokesman Pierre Bouquin.

But a ''momentary lack of surveillance'' led to the bag being lost on a conveyor belt carrying luggage from check-in to planes, he said.

Sacre bleu! I thought Pierre was watching ze bag.

Authorities immediately alerted the relevant airlines that one of among 80 and 90 planes that departed the French capital from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday could be carrying the explosives, Bouquin said.

French security at its finest. Geez! These people are managing to make the TSA look competent.

''These dogs must be trained in the most realistic situation possible . . . to be the most effective,'' Bouquin said.

Uh, Monsieur Bouquin, the dogs flunked.

''Indeed, it's possible that someone will have a surprise when he opens his bag.''

Honey, what's this plastic stuff in your suitcase?

I feel real good about French security.

Posted by denny at December 5, 2004 08:06 PM