Why Is This Cargo Container Emitting So Much Radiation?
http://m.wired.com/magazine/2011/10/ff_radioactivecargo/all/1 This article isn't that interesting, but this one piece is: "It was hardly the first fishy shipment to pass through Gioia Tauro.
Famously, just six weeks after 9/11, workers there heard noises coming
from inside a container being transshipped to Nova Scotia via
Rotterdam. Inside, police found an Egyptian-born Canadian carrying a
Canadian passport, a satellite phone, a cell phone, a laptop, cameras,
maps, and security passes to airports in Canada, Thailand, and Egypt.
The container’s interior was outfitted with a bed, a water supply, a
heater, and a toilet. Nicknamed Container Bob, the man posted bail in
Italian court and was never seen again." ..
Famously, just six weeks after 9/11, workers there heard noises coming
from inside a container being transshipped to Nova Scotia via
Rotterdam. Inside, police found an Egyptian-born Canadian carrying a
Canadian passport, a satellite phone, a cell phone, a laptop, cameras,
maps, and security passes to airports in Canada, Thailand, and Egypt.
The container’s interior was outfitted with a bed, a water supply, a
heater, and a toilet. Nicknamed Container Bob, the man posted bail in
Italian court and was never seen again." ..
