AMERICAN 'INTELLIGENCE' COMMUNITY OWNS UP TO HAVING PLANTED THE ALARM-CLOCK BOMB

So, it's down to me for the 1st post on this? I'm surprised that Propagandamatrix editor didn't even yet pick up.

AMERICA's 'INTELLIGENCE' COMMUNITY OWNS UP TO HAVING PLANTED THE MUNICH-BOUND SUITCASE BOMB.

[Two-Tenners update] According to BBC radio at lunchtime the 'unidentified source' of the alarm-clock in the following BBC Worldwide News report has been revealed as 'AMERICAN' by official Government sources who admit it was done to test the German's own airport 'security' (You'd think a nation as technologically advanced and mechanically efficient as Germany could manage on their own without the help of the DHS!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11795415
19 November 2010 Last updated at 14:25

Germany says Namibia package was security test dummy

Germany raised its terrorist-threat level on Wednesday, saying it had been warned of a suspected attack.

'A suspect package intercepted at a Namibian airport was a dummy used to test security, German officials say.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said officials had established that it was a so-called "real-test suitcase".

He said no explosives were discovered in the case, which was found near luggage about to be loaded on to a Munich-bound flight.

The suitcase was found at Windhoek airport on Wednesday, triggering an international alarm.

The incident came just hours after Germany had raised its terrorist threat level, saying it had received a tip-off from an unspecified country about a suspected attack planned for the end of November.

Mr de Maiziere told a news conference in the northern city of Hamburg on Friday that experts from the German federal police had flown to Windhoek to examine the suitcase.

"The outcome is that the luggage turned out to be a so-called real-test suitcase made by a company in the United States.

"This company is a manufacturer of alarm and detection systems and these real-test suitcases are built to test security measures," he said.

Mr de Maiziere did not say who had left the suitcase, but said German agents were still involved in the investigation.

'Raises questions'

Asked if it could have been a German security test, he said that was "unlikely but part of the investigation".

He added: "The most important thing is that there were no explosives in the bag and there was never any danger to the passengers at any time."

The BBC correspondent in Berlin, Steve Evans, says the minister's statement raises a number of questions, such as, if it was a test done by local officials, why wasn't the true nature of the device revealed immediately?

And, if it was done by a foreign security agency, why didn't they inform the Namibian authorities?

The suitcase was placed alongside baggage about to be loaded on to an Air Berlin plane at Windhoek airport.

It was seized by Namibian police and an X-ray inspection revealed batteries that were attached with wires to a "detonator" and a ticking clock.

The Air Berlin plane, with around 300 passengers and crew on board, was delayed for six hours before being cleared for take-off to Munich, where it arrived on Thursday morning.'