予行演習 ― dry run

USのTime Squareでのテロ未遂事件の続報ですが、容疑者のイスラム系アメリカ人が"dry run"（予行演習）を行っていたという記事です。


The man accused of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in Times Square carried out a dry run days before the failed attack, it has been claimed.

Faisal Shahzad, who is in custody in New York on terrorism and weapons charges, drove from his home in Connecticut to the theatre district on April 28 in the vehicle that days later he would pack with explosives, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press.

Mr Shahzad then returned on April 30 - the day before the attack - to drop off a black Isuzu get-away vehicle near to the target site.

But despite these preparations his escape from the scene on May 1 was hampered when Mr Shahzad discovered he had left the keys for the getaway vehicle inside the explosive laden car, the official said.
(Joanna Sugden. Faisal Shahzad ‘carried out dry run’ before Times Square attack. Times Online. May 6, 2010.)


容疑者は2台のSUVを駆使したようで、1台は爆発物を仕掛けた車、もう1台は逃走用の車として、いずれも現場周辺に配置したようですが、逃走用の車のキーを爆発物を仕掛けた車に置き忘れたということらしく、ちょっと間抜けな一面を覗かせています。

今日の単語"dry run"は、"dummy run"と表現されることもあるようですが、いわゆる本番前の”予行演習”のことを指します。