Turkish bomb 'catastrophe' foiled

[robcon]

Source: BBC

"Police in Turkey's capital, Ankara, have prevented a large bomb from exploding, the city's governor said.

Sniffer dogs detected a van stuffed with explosives in the centre of the city, preventing a "possible catastrophe", Governor Kemal Onal said.

Security had been tightened in the city ahead of the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States...

Ankara's governor said a large quantity of explosives had been left in the van which had a false licence plate. It was parked in a multi-storey garage in Kurtulus, a densely populated area of central Ankara. The garage and nearby houses and businesses were evacuated while the police bomb squad worked to defuse the explosives..."

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6988697.stm

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Another one.

[OlderButWiser]

1. Why did we

quote mark catastrophe?

[robcon]

2. The BBC used the 'scare quotes.' I didn't add them.

I have to quote the headline exactly.

[Igel]

4. Probably not scare quotes.

Looks to be just a one-word quote: The headline editor didn't want to take responsibility for assigning the consequence catastrophe status, so s/he quoted somebody else.

[PianoBlack]

3. I have a feeling...

That things like this are going to happen all day today.