What the heck is going on in Tappahannock?

Internet Haganah ^ | 1-3-04

[L`enn]

What the heck is going on in Tappahannock?

First this story from the 1 January 2004 Richmond Times-Dispatch:

A more limited terror story
Eastern Virginia town is not seen as a target, but a person in the area is under scrutiny

BY MICHAEL MARTZ TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Jan 1, 2004

The FBI is investigating a person in the Tappahannock area for possible ties to terrorist organizations, but the eastern Virginia town is not considered a target for a terrorist attack, sources said yesterday.

The person under investigation is considered a possible source of financing and other assistance for terrorist groups, according to the sources, who did not want to be identified. They did not identify the person by name or nationality.

Then a day later, in Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star: News has town abuzz

Incident at airport, report about alleged al-Qaida operative in Tappahannock have town buzzing

By MICHAEL ZITZ and PORTSIA SMITH The Free Lance-Star

Date published: 1/2/2004

A New Year's Eve incident at Tappahannock Municipal Airport had townspeople talking yesterday, but there was little anxiety about reports linking the village of 2,000 to al-Qaida terrorism.

According to the FBI, an illegal alien tried to enter the airport late Tuesday afternoon, then fled.

And the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported yesterday that unnamed sources said a Tappahannock resident has been under investigation for some time on suspicion of financing or assisting al-Qaida.

Airport Manager John McDonald said the Virginia State Police pursued a car that tried to enter the airport grounds, then sped off at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. State police overtook the car and stopped it.

"I don't know what happened," McDonald said yesterday. "They're pretty tight-lipped."

[MJY1288]

My Cousin lives very near Tappahannock and he and his wife have no idea what the interest is. I have been there several times and if you blink you'll miss the place. It's a quiet town at the end of the Tappahannock Bridge, a Hardware Store, Grocery Store, Feed Store and the other usual stores in a small rural town

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One possibility is that it's not very far from Washington, DC, as a plane flies.