[Peace-discuss] Disarming the Israelis

[C. G. Estabrook]

[Non-violent direct action may be the best way.  Steal their guns.  We paid for 
them anyway.  --CGE]

	US airline 'loses Netanyahu bodyguard guns'
	Page last updated at 11:48 GMT, Wednesday, 7 July 2010 12:48 UK

Not even officers from Israeli security service Shin Bet can escape the scourge 
of lost luggage it seems.

A bag belonging to agents travelling with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was 
mistakenly put on a flight from New York to Los Angeles, not to Washington.

Alarmingly the bag contained four 9mm Glock handguns, which are now missing.

A Shin Bet spokesman told the AP news agency that it is not known whether the 
guns went missing before or after the luggage was put on the wrong flight.

The Israeli officers were accompanying Mr Netanyahu to Washington for White 
House talks with President Barack Obama.

Checked in

NBC News reported that the handguns had, in accordance with security procedures 
at New York's John F Kennedy airport, been placed inside checked luggage.
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Barack Obama Mr Netanyahu was en route to 
Washington to meet Mr Obama

The luggage was then supposed to be put on a connecting flight to Washington 
however, American Airlines workers at the airport instead sent it right across 
the country to LAX in Los Angeles.

By the time the luggage was located and recovered, the guns had disappeared, and 
are presumed to have been stolen.

Port Authority police in New York are currently investigating whether the 
weapons went missing before or after the suitcase was transferred to LAX, NBC 
News has reported.

One source told NBC that the suitcase was inspected and cleared for shipment by 
Transportation Security Administration screeners who put a seal over the bag at 
Kennedy Airport.

The Glock 9mm is a powerful semi-automatic used by law enforcement and security 
organisations around the world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10536793.stm