"Traces of explosive on his socks," from Reuters, with thanks to Site Seer:
LONDON (Reuters) - A British Muslim convert charged with plotting acts of terrorism had socks with traces of explosive in his luggage when he was arrested in France, prosecutors told a court Tuesday.Andrew Rowe, 34, who denies the charges, had been under surveillance by British police for about a year before they asked their French colleagues to hold him in Calais in October 2003 on his way back from a trip to Frankfurt.
A search of his luggage revealed two socks rolled up into balls that had traces of explosive, the prosecutors told the Old Bailey criminal court in London. The socks were connected by a length of cord.
The prosecutors said the traces of explosive were of a sort likely to be found in mortar shells or other military ordnance.
Well it is possible he has extraordinarily stinky feet which produce nitro-like sweat which were absorbed into the socks.
-CAIR
>connected by a length of cord.
Is that another of those islamic superstitions? Does it prevent the witches blowing on his knots?
my ex wife had feet that were chemical weapons after 1 days work. but never explosive.
I bet he was using his socks on his hands like gloves so he wouldn't leave any fingerprints on the bomb.
JLP
So, we had the shoe-bomber. Now we have the sock-bomber. If the trend holds, the next one will be the jock-bomber. Let the searching begin!
Guess he had lessons from Sandy Burger who also got caught??
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GOD BLESS THE USA AND HER FIGHTING FORCES AND ALL WHO FIGHT WITH HER GIVE THEM STRENGTH, WISDOM, SIGHT, AND COURAGE TO STAY THE COURSE TO DESTROY ALL ISLAMIC TERRORIST AND ALL WHO SUPPORT THEM OPEN THE WORLDS EYES TO THEIR THREAT LET NOT THE WORLD BE DECEIVED BY THEM GIVE THE WORLD COURAGE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT THEM AMEN
Possibly a test run. Socks tied together with a cord ( resembling a device to an xray screener ) and permeated with enough explosive traces to alert a sniffing device. " Lets see how alert they are". The fact that he might be under surveillance probably never crossed his mind.