Women Held in Security Alert 'Were Carrying Gun'
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Damascus (Syria):
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Six women and a child were detained at Damascus airport because they were trying to smuggle gun parts hidden in a child's toy on to a Gulf Air flight to Australia, via Bahrain, according to reports.
Australia's Daily Telegraph said four Australian Iraqi-born women, a young boy and two Iraqi women were detained by Syrian authorities as they tried to board the flight on Tuesday.
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Hijack attempt? Mystery of pistol in toy
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Once in Bahrain, they were to transfer onto a flight bound for Australia.Their names have not yet been released.An AFP report quotes the Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, as saying little was known about the arrests, but that Australia was trying to get consular officials to Damascus to learn more."All I know is that they were detained in Syria and were believed to have in their possession a disassembled gun, so they have been detained," Mr Downer is quoted as saying."We're sending a consular officer from our embassy in Cairo, which is accredited to Syria, to follow up."
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) quoted Syrian police and diplomatic sources as saying that Iraqi women carrying Australian passports were detained when parts of a dismantled handgun were found in a toy held by a child accompanying them.
Syrian authorities were hunting for a man who dropped the women off at the airport, ABC said.Syria was investigating whether the women were plotting to hijack the flight they were ticketed to board, it said.
Nov 18, 2005
champress.net
شام برس
Damascus (Syria):
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Six women and a child were detained at Damascus airport because they were trying to smuggle gun parts hidden in a child's toy on to a Gulf Air flight to Australia, via Bahrain, according to reports.
Australia's Daily Telegraph said four Australian Iraqi-born women, a young boy and two Iraqi women were detained by Syrian authorities as they tried to board the flight on Tuesday.
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See Also:
Hijack attempt? Mystery of pistol in toy
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Once in Bahrain, they were to transfer onto a flight bound for Australia.Their names have not yet been released.An AFP report quotes the Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, as saying little was known about the arrests, but that Australia was trying to get consular officials to Damascus to learn more."All I know is that they were detained in Syria and were believed to have in their possession a disassembled gun, so they have been detained," Mr Downer is quoted as saying."We're sending a consular officer from our embassy in Cairo, which is accredited to Syria, to follow up."
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) quoted Syrian police and diplomatic sources as saying that Iraqi women carrying Australian passports were detained when parts of a dismantled handgun were found in a toy held by a child accompanying them.
Syrian authorities were hunting for a man who dropped the women off at the airport, ABC said.Syria was investigating whether the women were plotting to hijack the flight they were ticketed to board, it said.
Nov 18, 2005
