Explosion at Citibank in Buenos Aires Kills One

reuters ^ | 11/17/04

[hoosierboy]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - An explosion at a branch of Citibank in Buenos Aires on Wednesday killed one security guard, police said. "There were two artifacts -- just one exploded. The second one must have been detonated by the fire squad," Police Chief Francisco Santos Miglino told reporters at the scene, adding that the security guard at the bank had died.

An explosion also hit a branch of Argentine bank Banco Galicia in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, but no injuries were immediately reported.

[hoosierboy]

This just broke on fox news.

[OXENinFLA]

PING......

[jdm]

This might just be a metaphor -- perhaps an investment adviser just recommended a hot stock for today (sarcasm)

[Mo1]

FNC is reporting that two banks were hit by explosions

[cripplecreek]

3 banks now.

[Mo1]

3????

[cripplecreek]

2 Citibank and one local Argentine bank I think.

[Mo1]

Thanks ..

FNC is just now reporting on the 3 bank

[chilepepper]

i live in chile and pay close attention to this sort of thing.

the terrorist network in argentina and in chile has been *VERY* quiet for the past five, maybe even the past 10 years, and is now starting to stir.

chavez is funding and refurbishing the old network. expect more of this...

[Feckless]

Probably someone that's as tired as I am of their stupid commercials......

[foxfield]

And a fuel tanker yesterday.

See thread "31 Dead In Fuel Tanker Explosion-Brazilian Port Paranagua-News Black-Out?" at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1281017/posts

[livius]

chavez is funding and refurbishing the old network. expect more of this...

Absolutely. By coincidence, on another thread we were just discussing the hope that Rice, as SOS, will pay more attention to Latin America than Powell did. I think the US under Powell has taken a benign neglect policy towards Latin America, and this was all it took to let Chavez' power grow.

[estjohn]

Just saw this--I'm in Buenos Aires right now and didn't even know about it until I saw this!

Doesn't say where it is exactly...I know of several citibanks nearby, I usally go there for cash... a couple on Avenida de Santa Fe and in Recoleta.

As I have nothing to do right now, I'm going to go find out more and bring my camera...

[wideawake]

If the CIA were a serious outfit rather than a mutual admiration society and talkshop Chavez would have been room temperature a while ago.

[estjohn]

Just saw pictures on Buenos Aires TV--this wasn't a big explosion. Not much visible damage except some splintered wood and broken glass.

[hoosierboy]

Fox news is now saying 5 banks were hit.

[OXENinFLA]

Tue Nov 16,10:27 AM ET

A worker talks on a radio while smoke billows from the Vicuna vessel at the port of Paranagua, in the southeastern Brazilian city of Curitiba, November 16, 2004. Brazil's main grain port of Paranagua resumed shipments after an explosion on a vessel carrying methanol shut down operations and killed at least one crewman, the Port Authority said on Tuesday. Two tanks on the Vicuna, sailing under a Chilean flag, exploded on Monday night when the vessel was offloading about 14,000 tons of methanol at the private terminal operated by Cattalini Terminais Maritimos Ltda. About 5,000 tons of methanol were believed to have been on board at the time of the explosion. Among the 28 crew, most of whom were Chilean, one was killed and three others were missing. Firefighters were searching for the missing. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer

[OXENinFLA]

Wed Nov 17,10:24 AM ET
A police officer gets first aid from members of the Argentine Police Federal Fire Squad next to the scene of an explosion in a branch of Citibank, in Buenos Aires November 17, 2004. Branches of the Citibank and bank Banco Galicia were struck today by explosions that left one security guard dead and another seriously injured. REUTERS/Axel Laveglia

[AFPhys]

Terrorism as a political tool must be stomped on by all civilized nations' governments or we will slip back into the age of walled cities and communities - the Dark Ages. I have always included these terrorists in South America or Africa whenever I have spoken at length to people about AlQ and the Islamist terrorist threat. If any of them are allowed to dictate to established governments by using terrorist activities to gain influence, eventually even groups like "Right to Life" and "Amnesty International" and "Democrat Party" will start to question whether they ought to use similar tactics.

Terrorism is very dangerous to civilization - and in fact, may be the ultimate danger.
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[ruready4eternity]

Interesting that China/Argentina trade is going on while this happens? Can it be that the 2 events are tied somewhat together? It is no coincidence but someone somewhere is sending a loud clear message.