Associated Press,  Mon Feb  5 07:03:43 EST 2007

    DILIP GANGULY  -   Associated Press Writer  -              COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -  (AP)  The Sri Lankan military said Monday police seized 91 fake vehicle number plates from a train bound for Colombo from the Tamil-majority northeast, prompting a security alert for possible car bomb attacks across the capital.        No other details were immediately available, but an officer at the Defense Ministry media center said all four taken into custody were Tamils, Sri Lanka - 's ethnic minority.
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Sri Lankan police seized 91 vehicle number plates from a train in a Tamil-majority northeastern town, the military said Monday, sparking some concern in the capital that Tamil rebels could be planning a car bomb attack.

Well, 91 is not an even number.  So, one vehicle will left  only with an one Number Plate :

Amarakoon wrote:

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Sri Lankan police seized 91 vehicle number plates from a train in a Tamil-majority northeastern town, the military said Monday, sparking some concern in the capital that Tamil rebels could be planning a car bomb attack.

Well, 91 is not an even number.  So, one vehicle will left  only with an one Number Plate :

maybe, they meant 91 sets or pairs of number plates?


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Is this discussion about whether the number plates match?

Reminds me of Nero fiddling while Rome was burning...

If one pair of number plates - it can be the planning work of those who assemble car bombs (LTTE).
If 90 pairs of number plates - it should be the planning work of those organised car thieves.

Number of vehicle robberies in the country is much more than the number of attempted bomb blasts. So it is reasonable to suspect vehicle robbery gangs.

Car bombs are near impossible now - with the heavy security checks at every junction and the very high price of even old cars. Also a car bomb require very high quantity of explosives which is difficult to get now.

A car bomb assembler does not need forged number plates, the original genuine number plate is good enough. All what is needed is to assemble it without anyone's knowledge, then take it to a crowded place avoiding security check points, park it at a suitable place then quitely use a remote device.


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max888"] this discussion about whether the number plates match?

Reminds me of Nero fiddling while Rome was burning...

Well, Max888888,

Who is Nero?  What is Rome? Who is Burning where? In this stuation.  Beside Nero's time there were no Number plates?