Word: movenpick
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...port city of Aden--and started to wait. For several hours the agents sat on their plane while the Yemenis searched through their luggage, itemizing every piece of high-tech equipment the gumshoes were bringing in. It was downhill from there. When they finally arrived at the Hotel Movenpick, where they would bunk three or four sweaty bodies to a room, they realized nobody had enough cash. They had taken off so fast few had got to the bank; and with the closest ATM 700 miles across the desert in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the FBI had to figure...
...port city of Aden-and started to wait. For several hours the agents sat on their plane while the Yemenis searched through their luggage, itemizing every piece of high-tech equipment the gumshoes were bringing in. It was downhill from there. When they finally arrived at the Hotel Movenpick, where they would bunk three or four sweaty bodies to a room, they realized nobody had enough cash. They had taken off so fast few had got to the bank; and with the closest ATM 700 miles across the desert in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the FBI had to figure...
...culprits behind the suicide bombing could produce still more frustration. A team of counterterrorism experts, including 100 FBI investigators, accompanied by a protective force of U.S. Marines and diplomatic security agents, flew to the scene last week, setting up shop on three floors of Aden's Hotel Movenpick. Investigators believe an established organization was behind the attack, since suicide bombers are well trained and subjected to extensive psychological preparation before setting out on their missions. Pulling off an attack of last week's magnitude required considerable bombmaking expertise and access to what officials estimate...
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