Possible Hazmat Incident Closes Judiciary Square Metro Station
http://www.nbc4.com/news/2875006/detail.html Crews Investigate Suspicious Powder
POSTED: 7:51 pm EST February 25, 2004
WASHINGTON -- Metro officials said the Judiciary Square station was closed Wednesday night while a hazmat crew investigated a suspicious powder.
The station, near Fourth and E streets northwest, was shut down after a white powder was reported near the manager's kiosk at the Fourth Street entrance. There were no initial reports of injuries.
Trains were not stopping at Judiciary Square.
Metro officials set up a bus bridge between Union Station and Gallery place.
Another post by Daleel. Gives the supposed time frame for the next attack. Sounds a bit curious and basically leaves it open for another few months of anxiety.
"In a tape aired by Al Jazeera television, Zawahri said: "Bush, strengthen your defenses and your security measures for the Muslim nation which sent you the legion of New York and Washington has determined to send you legion after legion seeking death and paradise."
Dr.Zawahri may god protect him said ( Bush, strengthen your defenses) he directed the words spicificly to (bush).
as you all know eelections are coming and (bush) might loose!! and Dr.Zawahri will not take chances that bush might loose! coz then the warning will be usless coz bush will be out of the picture!!
if the attack is coming after the elections Dr.Zawahri wouldnt have said (bush) he would have said America (under any presedent)!!
so the attack time frame is from now untill the coming elections!!!!! got the picture!!!
get ready for your punishment.
alaaah akbaaaar
Daleel_almojahid"
Okay, so we've got 2 dead divers and a white powder incident in the Washington DC subway...I don't feel so bad about my seeing the 25th as an ominous shibbolith.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7278-2004Feb25.html Powder Disrupts Metrorail
Substance Deemed Not Hazardous
By Petula Dvorak and Clarence Williams
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, February 26, 2004; Page B01
The Judiciary Square Metro station was closed and Red Line trains were delayed during the evening rush hour yesterday after a white powder later determined to be relatively harmless was found in the station, authorities said.
A small amount of anthranilic acid, an organic substance used in the manufacture of dyes and as a filler in pharmaceuticals, was scattered when a glass vial was shattered in the Northwest Washington station about 6:30 p.m., said Alan Etter, a spokesman for D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services.
Metro officials halted trains traveling into the Judiciary Square station and asked commuters to avoid the Red Line, which experienced delays of more than 30 minutes in both directions after the powder was discovered, said Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein.
Metro used buses to ferry commuters between Union Station and Gallery Place, the stations on either side of the Judiciary Square station, Farbstein said. The station was reopened and trains resumed travel through it about 9 p.m., Metro officials said.
It appeared that the brown glass vial was thrown against the wall or stepped on behind the station manager's kiosk, authorities said. The station is beneath a complex of D.C. and federal courts and city offices and is about a half-mile from the Capitol.
Nobody saw the vial being broken, Etter said. He said a call was made after someone discovered the broken glass and powder.
D.C. hazardous materials crews found elevated levels of radiation near the powder and later determined that the abnormal reading was harmless, Etter said.