Egyptian man held in threat to city tunnels (Baltimore)(4 now detained)

Newsday ^ | 18 Oct 2005 | Matthew Dolan and Siobhan Gorman

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Portions of I-95 briefly shut down on concerns over suspected terrorist plot; Uncorroborated information said to come from source abroad

Federal authorities are detaining at least one man of Egyptian origin who worked at a Middle Eastern market in Baltimore in connection with a threat that closed Interstate 95 and the Harbor and Fort McHenry tunnels after concern over a suspected terrorist plot to blow up one of the tunnels.

The shutdown caused gridlock throughout the metropolitan region as police and federal agents investigated the threat.

[No Blue States]

Someone forgot the "We have no reason to believe this is related to terrorism" quote..

[cripplecreek]

No ties to Al Qaeda.

[hispanarepublicana]

Probably just an isolated, depressed, angry non-terrorism-related individual acting alone. OU President David Boren told me so.

[Palladin]

Holy hex sign, Batman!

[tomahawk]

It can't possibly be a Muslim Egyptian man, he is a practitioner of the Religion of Peace(TM) as certified by President Bush.

It must have been the 85 year old grandmother with Alzheimers at the local nursing home, the one who got frisked and wanded at the airport several weeks ago while Ahmed boarded the plane without any questions.

[nunya bidness]

Maged Hussein was just named by WBAL as one of the four detained.

[Salamander]

I was betting on a Norwegian.

[Bloody Vikings!]


:)

[DenverGal]

Hi, Haven't seen you posting in a long time. Welcome back

[tdewey10]

You can't trust Vikings!

[thoughtomator]

It's those Nebraskan grandmothers, I tell ya!

[A message]

LOL

Yea, those Amish theehadists are a dangerous bunch, making cheese and riding about in their non combustible engine contraptions.

Looking mighty suspicious with their beards and bonnets.

[GaltMeister]

Did somebody say Vikings?

Shaddap and have some more SPAM! :o)~

[nunya bidness]

Governor Ehrlich in a presser just now indicated that much more will be revealed in the coming days. This could be big.

[PAR35]

Federal authorities are detaining at least one man of Egyptian origin

That can't be right. The MSM was telling us that the Feds were saying that the warning wasn't credible.

[Howlin]

UGH.

I hope they got all of them!

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

UPDATE
Possible Detainees In Potential Terrorist Threat

The Associated Press is reporting that federal law enforcement officials have arrested four people on immigration charges at businesses with Middle Eastern connections in the Baltimore area. That law enforcement official wanted to remain anonymous.

The AP also reporting that another arrest was made at the Koko Market in Highlandtown in Baltimore.

Television video shows a man being led out of that market and put into a black SUV. The landlord of that business tells the Associated Press that his tenant has run a store there for seven years.

Baltimore's police commissioner says there have been about a half dozen raids in the City this afternoon.

This all connected to the unspecified terrorist threat made to the Baltimore tunnels.

The Harbor Tunnel and portions of the Fort McHenry Tunnel were shut down Tuesday morning for several hours after the head of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police learned of the threat.

Trucks and SUV's were searched by police and dogs. Orange dump trucks blocked the tunnel entrances which carry Interstate 95 and 895 under water.

The MdTA reopened the tunnels around 1 p.m.

[Howlin]

Will you keep me pinged to articles you see like this? Thanks.