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Blair's bodyguard accidentally fires gun at Ben Gurion airport
By Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Tony Blair 

International Mideast peace envoy Tony Blair's body guard caused a fright on Tuesday when he accidentally fired his handgun at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

No one was injured in the incident, which occurred outside the terminal building at around 3:00 P.M. Blair, a former British prime minister, was preparing leave Israel at the time.

Israel Airport Authority security guards and police rushed to the scene after the shot. An initial probe revealed that the incident was due to an error by the bodyguard, a foreign national.
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In May, Israeli fighter jets scrambled to intercept an unidentified aircraft suspected to be hostile, only to find out that it carried none other than Blair, a top military official said.



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      1.   Blair is becoming a trouble maker and Blair needs 16:21  |  Ben 11/11/08
      2.   a foreign national.???? 16:23  |  drdanielito 11/11/08
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      7.   Can you imagine if an Israel guard did this in the UK???? 17:14  |  Jewish State 11/11/08
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