Posted on 06/26/2006 2:22:16 PM PDT by Diver Dave
Edited on 06/26/2006 2:59:44 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
PORT HUENEME, Calif. — Authorities sealed off a Southern California port Monday afternoon after a possible terrorist threat was found scrawled in a cargo ship's hold, a port official said.
Authorities closed off the Port Of Hueneme in Ventura County after a dockworker discovered the message scrawled in marker on a metal pillar in the hold of a ship carrying bananas from Guatemala, said Will Berg, the port's marketing director.
Berg said message read: "This nitro is for you Mr. George W. Bush and your Jewish cronies."
"It's actually a banana boat. A lovely bunch of ripe bananas
may be hiding a lot of deadly black tarantulas."
Damn that Harry Belafonte again. Aaaaaaa-ooooooooooo!
With a reference to Jews they might want to see if McKinney was visiting Ca today.
Ahh - the dent in his forehead explains a thing or two.
That would be NAS Pt.Magoo
Jun 26, 2006 2:08 pm US/PacificSoCal Port Closed To Investigate Terrorist Threat
(AP) PORT HUENEME A Southern California port was closed off Monday afternoon while authorities investigated a possible terrorist threat on a cargo ship, a port official said.A dock worker at the Port of Hueneme in Ventura County discovered a possible threat written in the cargo hold of a ship carrying bananas from Guatemala, said Will Berg, the port's marketing director.
Berg said the message, scrawled in marker on a metal pillar in the ship, read: "This nitro is for you Mr. George W. Bush and your Jewish cronies."
Federal authorities, including the FBI, and local officials were investigating, Berg said.
About 20 people aboard the ship, a 30,000-ton refrigerated vessel that arrived from the Port of Quetzal in Guatemala, were evacuated, he said.
Workers already outside the port were being kept out, though anyone inside was allowed to remain.
The port is northwest of Los Angeles.
Mugu, I think. (It's been a long time.)
Wait a minute, let me get this straight: They closed the port because of a scrawl on a steel beam on the ship? Overreaction alert I think would be appropriate.
And also, the use of the word "cronies" sounds more like a disgruntled longshoreman than a terrorist.
Port Hueneme is a city located in Ventura County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 21,845.
Only the portion of the port where the ship is, is closed - per Fox News just now.
Near Point Mugu. Does that help, lol?
It's an important commercial seaport located west of the city of Ventura, CA and near Point Mugu Naval Airstation. It's about 30-35 sea miles mostly west but a little north of LAX.
Now, a ripe banana delivered by Harry Belafonte to the first non-local who knows how to pronounce Hueneme!
Guatemala, on the whole, doesn't have a problem with the US.
This is some splinter group. Heck, they don't even know that Washington, DC is on the opposite coast!
I used to live in Southern California, and I have never heard of this place until today. I don't know whether that speaks badly of me, or whether this place is really obscure.
Is he going to pretend to starve with mother Sheehan, Willie Nelson and Danny Glover?
Very pretty area, just north of Santa Barbara. Check it out sometime.
North of Tiajunna
Botched lobotomy?
Ahh - the dent in his forehead explains a thing or two.
either someone threw something at him or it's a lobotomy scare...lol
Its to the south of Santa Barbara
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