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Old 31st Oct 2010, 09:28
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El Grifo
 
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My bugbear being the UK declaration that the first printer discovered at EMA was "sinister looking but harmless" has finally been addressed.

It is now being admitted that first examinations overlooked the fact that it may have contained explosive material.


This from a BBC website made me chuckle however :-

Must keep public afraid of a bogeyman. Check.

Bogeyman must have a Middle East connection. Check.

Needs to be somewhere new, to highlight the scale of the threat, Afghanistan is getting a bit too familiar to them. Check.

Needs to look like the US & UK could both have been hit. Check.

Must have some sort of physical evidence, show them some pictures of circuit board things, they look like they could be some kind of sophsiticated bomb - they'll never know the difference. Check.

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