Slovakia Travel Warning

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Slovakian airport security is so boneheaded incompetent lax that they actually put explosives in your luggage. 

“Following contact … from the Slovakian authorities with the Airport Police at Dublin Airport, members of the Garda Síochána (Irish National Police) have recovered a small quantity of explosive material from the luggage of a passenger who had flown into Dublin from that country on Saturday last,” a statement from the Department of Justice said.

Okay, so it only took them four days, but the stuff was recovered.  Nevermind that it was enough to bring down the plane.  But, no harm done.  The Times of London has a slightly different story.

They immediately raided the man’s flat in an apartment block in central Dublin, the area was sealed off and residents and businesses were evacuated. The Slovak, who was still unaware of what was hidden in his luggage, was arrested and charged under the anti-terrorist Offences Against the State Act. The electrician’s own Government was eventually able to persuade the Irish authorities that his protestations of innocence were genuine.

Well thank God Slovakian Diplomats are more effective than Slovakian Airport Security.  The Times piece also has this gem:

Eight pieces of contraband were planted … in the baggage of innocent passengers … Seven were detected, but the eighth — 90 grams (3oz) of the plastic explosive RDX hidden among the Slovak’s personal effects — was not.

Well, I guess seven out of eight ain’t bad. What’s a little terrorist activity between friends right?

Category: Breaking News, General Whackos, Terror War