DART Restores Service After Bomb Threat

www.wfaa.com ^ | 5 7 2011 | JONATHAN BETZ

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DALLAS — DART resumed rail and bus service at Mockingbird Station late Saturday afternoon after a suspicious package forced evacuation of the transit center and an adjacent movie theater as a precaution.

Earlier on Saturday afternoon, witnesses reported seeing a suspicious person getting on and off DART trains at several downtown stations. He was carrying a large duffel bag and a large box and had been offering to pay people to help him move the items.

[quegley]

NOTE from the poster: I live 6 blocks from Mockingbird Station, I overhead an eyewitness say the man was middle eastern, had a beard and had "one of those hats," which I took as a skull cap.

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Dry run.

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Thought you might be interested.

What’s the neighbors up to this weekend?

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Security officials may have heightened concerns because the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last Sunday revealed plans for an al-Qaida attack on unspecified U.S. railroads. On Thursday, more than a dozen students were injured when the escalator at the Mockingbird Station malfunctioned.

For those who don't know the area, that's up in the ritzy part of North Dallas near private Southern Methodist University and the home of Pres. and Laura Bush.

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Considering there was a bomber would-be arrested in Lubbock for planning to plant a bomb in Dallas night clubs 3 months ago AND Mr. Smadi who wanted to blow up one of our landmark sky scrapers, it looks like Dallas is on their hit list.