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2008 Dakar Rally Canceled, Security Threats Confirmed by Vanguard CEO's Sources

By admin - Posted on January 5th, 2008

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard Integrity Professionals CEO, CTO and founder, Ronn Bailey, expressed his "devastation" and "significant disappointment" in light of today's announcement that, for the first time in 30 years, the Dakar race has been canceled. The decision to call off the race was due to direct security threats made by Al Qaeda to attack the race from Portugal to Senegal.

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