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[dipsydoodle]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Tx4obama (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

A member of the US military has been charged with trying to take explosives onto a plane at a Texas airport, says the FBI.

Thirty year-old Trey Scott Atwater was detained at a security checkpoint at Midland International airport, as he tried to board a flight on Saturday.

He was carrying explosives in military-grade wrapping, say detectives.

The suspect had been visiting relatives in Midland and was returning to a base in North Carolina when he was stopped.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16379238

BBC report is late- news is over 24hours old

[kestrel91316]

1. Why is the foreign press always way ahead of US media in reporting this sort of thing?

[yardwork]

2. Ahem. Cough cough.

[tammywammy]

3. I read an article on this yesterday

http://www.oaoa.com/articles/midland-78320-explosives-airport.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/midland-city-spokeswoman-says-man-detained-after-entering-texas-airport-with-explosives/2011/12/31/gIQAlJCmSP_story.html

[dipsydoodle]

4. thanks

have deleted subject

[tammywammy]

5. Oh you didn't need to delete!

I didn't read it here on DU, just browsing news yesterday! I was just replying that the foreign sources are always ahead of the game.

Please reinstate your OP!

[dipsydoodle]

7. More than 12 hours old now

Why don't you stick it in GD?

[Tx4obama]

6. Suggestion ...

If you want the OP to be deleted then just click on the 'self-delete' link located at the bottom right of the OP

p.s. Hosts of forums can only 'lock' OPs, not delete them.

[Bucky]

8. Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I don't think you should bring explosives onto planes

And that goes double for explosives in military-grade wrapping. I am willing to be persecuted for my unpopular beliefs

[tclambert]

9. Let me get this straight--he was RETURNING to his base? Does that mean he successfully flew with

the explosives on his way home? 'Cause where do you get explosives in military wrapping? I'm thinking they came from the base to start with (likely some charges for that). Or did Bad Santa give them to him?

Now the funny ending will be if it turned out to be fruit cake in a misleading wrapping.