Gulf Air officials in Cairo have said there was nothing wrong with the plane when it took off for Bahrain.

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Following the prayer, the coffin was taken to the mosque, first by hearse, then by horse-drawn carriage for a military procession through the streets of Cairo to Al-Maza Air Base.

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The return portion was another matter, and the air miles got me a 30-hour, five-leg epic via Johannesburg, Cairo, Istanbul and Frankfurt.

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Much about Cairo, and the Special Ops dogs, remains a mystery, as one former veterinary technician at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, discovered a few years ago.

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