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Israeli Security Experts Address Mail Bomb Terror Plot

(Ynet News) Aviel Magnezi - Terrorist groups found a loophole in security procedures of airborne cargo and planted mail bombs bound for the U.S. from Yemen, which were discovered due to a Saudi tipoff. Despite great efforts put into thwarting terrorist plots on airplanes in Western countries, security experts warn that some countries do not place sufficient importance on aircraft security. "In order to deal with this issue, one must first define it as an outright threat," says Shmuel Sasson, former El Al security director and a research fellow at the IDC's Counter-Terrorism Institute. "From the moment a threat receives the proper recognition, the way to finding a solution or means to a solution is very short and the process becomes doable." "Israel has been familiar with this threat for years and is coping with it. We can't say 'it will never happen to us,' but we have experience handling these situations."
2010-11-01 10:01:44
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