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Major border crossing closed after Canadian guards find explosives in car...
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Posted on 02/16/2004 2:30:15 PM PST by MindBender26

Just the headline......


TOPICS: Breaking News; Canada; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bordersecurity; jihadnextdoor
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1 posted on 02/16/2004 2:30:17 PM PST by MindBender26
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To: MindBender26
There's an AP headline, too
2 posted on 02/16/2004 2:31:14 PM PST by TX Bluebonnet
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To: TX Bluebonnet
Border Shut Near Detroit; Explosives Found


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Feb 16, 5:06 PM (ET)


BLAINE, Wash. (AP) - The biggest northern border crossing west of Detroit was closed Monday after Canadian guards found explosives in a car entering the country from the United States, Canadian customs officials said.

They did not specify what type of explosives were found.

3 posted on 02/16/2004 2:31:52 PM PST by TX Bluebonnet
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To: MindBender26
Does it say which border crossing? I'm 20 miles from the big one in Vermont.

LQ
4 posted on 02/16/2004 2:32:01 PM PST by LizardQueen
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To: MindBender26
Build a wall and lay down the mines.
5 posted on 02/16/2004 2:32:29 PM PST by PRND21
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To: liz44040; JustPiper; Calpernia; Sabertooth; Labyrinthos; freeperfromnj; jonalvy44; GOPJ; ...
((( ping )))

Looks like the vermin are still trying...
6 posted on 02/16/2004 2:32:39 PM PST by appalachian_dweller (Dear Daleel & EOM, May the fleas of 1000 camels infest your armpits.)
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To: TX Bluebonnet
Thanks for the loc, was wondering if it was up here.

LQ
7 posted on 02/16/2004 2:32:42 PM PST by LizardQueen
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To: PRND21
LOL...always the extreme point of view on FR..I love it!
8 posted on 02/16/2004 2:32:58 PM PST by My Favorite Headache (I Stand With Alex Lifeson)
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To: MindBender26
I caught that on FOX news about an hour ago. Personally I'm not too concerned about what comes thru our regulated border crossings. It's what passes unnoticed in unregulated crossings.
9 posted on 02/16/2004 2:34:09 PM PST by cripplecreek (you win wars by making the other dumb SOB die for his country)
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To: TX Bluebonnet
Why would anyone IMPORT explosives into BC?

Why would anyone smuggle ANYTHING into BC?

Occupants must have been rather wierd to trigger a search.
10 posted on 02/16/2004 2:34:24 PM PST by MindBender26 (For more news, first, fast and factual.... Stay tuned to your local FReeper station !!!)
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To: My Favorite Headache
LOL...always the extreme point of view on FR..I love it!

Well...it's a start! :-)

11 posted on 02/16/2004 2:34:55 PM PST by evad ("You cannot divorce yourself from your record.")
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To: MindBender26
story on fox says it was a grenade
12 posted on 02/16/2004 2:35:26 PM PST by knak (wasknaknowknid)
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To: LizardQueen
Does it say which border crossing? I'm 20 miles from the big one in Vermont.

Blaine, Washington is the locale. Between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. Two hours' north of here...

13 posted on 02/16/2004 2:35:31 PM PST by Eala (Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
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To: MindBender26
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,111574,00.html

BLAINE, Wash. — The biggest northern border crossing west of Detroit was closed Monday after Canadian guards found explosives in a car entering the country from the United States, Canadian customs officials said.

They did not specify what type of explosives was found.

A Canadian customs spokeswoman, Paula Shore, told Northwest Cable News the vehicle tried to cross into Canada from the United States at the Peace Arch border crossing (search). She gave no further details; neither she nor customs spokeswoman Faith St. John immediately returned calls seeking comment.

Mike Milne, a Seattle-based spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (search), confirmed the border crossing at Blaine had been shut down in both directions after the car was stopped at 1 p.m., but he declined to comment on what the Canadian guards may have found.

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (search) official told Fox News a grenade was found.

Traffic was routed a few miles east to Pacific Highway, which has a border crossing typically used by commercial trucks.

About 8 million vehicles cross at Blaine, the northern end of Interstate 5, every year
14 posted on 02/16/2004 2:35:39 PM PST by Republican Red (Karmic hugs welcomed!)
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To: LizardQueen
Does it say which border crossing? I'm 20 miles from the big one in Vermont.

It's the one at Blaine, Washington -- where I-5 goes up into Canada, south of Vancouver.

15 posted on 02/16/2004 2:35:51 PM PST by r9etb
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To: MindBender26

BC or Bust

16 posted on 02/16/2004 2:36:29 PM PST by Cagey
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To: appalachian_dweller
Looks like the vermin are still trying...

Wrong direction...

17 posted on 02/16/2004 2:36:33 PM PST by Eala (Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
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To: TX Bluebonnet
Blaine, Washington is about 2,300 miles west of Detroit.
18 posted on 02/16/2004 2:36:52 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: My Favorite Headache
Seems like a good time to dust off the old tagline.
19 posted on 02/16/2004 2:36:55 PM PST by cripplecreek (.50 cal border fence)
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To: MindBender26
Cigarettes, yes. Grenades, WHY???
20 posted on 02/16/2004 2:37:38 PM PST by small voice in the wilderness (1)
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