Just where is that TNT going?
Greek officials have seized a ship packed with 680 tons of dynamite. New York Times, the paper not quite of record lately, reports that these explosives were headed for Sudan. This would be a great scoop, if it were true.

The Independent reports that while the ship says that it's final destination was Sudan, a Greek official isn't so sure. George Anomeritis, Greece's Merchant Marine Minister, has his doubts. Quoting driectly from the article: "Mr Anomeritis cast doubt on the ship's stated destination of Sudan after tracking a six-week voyage during which the vessel roamed Greek and Turkish waters and headed generally in the opposite direction."

As if this story didn't need another twist, Canada.com reports that the Sudanese government says that the explosives were destined for Sudanese institutions, and the explosives were intended for civilian use..

This article goes on: "The story took another twist late Monday when the Tunisian Explosives and Munitions Company filed a complaint with authorities in Tunis, Tunisia, against the Baltic Sky [the ship], alleging that the company had a contract to deliver the explosives, intended for civilian use, to a Sudanese company. In a statement, the Tunisian company accused the Baltic Sky of diverting the cargo from its original route and threatening not to deliver the cargo to its rightful destination."

It's worth noting that in the New York Times article, they reported that Osama bin Laden once called Sudan home, and that the US has implicted that the country is a terrorist nation. They did not report that the cargo may not have been going to Sudan at all. With the news that the Times did not report and it's implications that Sudan would use this cargo for terrorist purposes, one wonders if the Times should be disclosing their biases before reporting on this news.