Les Jones: Foiled Terrorist Attacks

March 31, 2004

News > Foiled Terrorist Attacks

A railroad employee found bombs on a rail line between France and Switzerland.

The Philipines foiled a plot to bomb trains and shopping areas. They arrested four members of Abu Sayyaf and seized 80 pounds of TNT.

UK authorities arrested eight men and seized half a ton of bomb-making materials.

Meanwhile, Moustafa Chaouki intended to destroy a McDonald's in Italy, but accidentally blew himself up instead.

The Madrid train bombing was very nearly foiled by traffic police. A stolen car carrying 220 pounds of dynamite used in the bombing was stopped by patrolmen in a town north of Madrid. The car hadn't yet been reported stolen. The police sent the driver away with a fine for a traffic violation. Via Brian Arner.

Incidentally, that's a total of four countries targeted by terrorists (five if you count both France and Switzerland in the first story), plus the successful attacks in Spain and Uzbekistan. Does anyone really think there's no war going on?

Posted by lesjones

Comments

Yeah, but it's what we did in Vietnam and afterwards that counts these days. ;)

(Or it's the economy?)

Catch you on the flip flop.

Posted by: Steve at April 01, 2004