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Suspicious truck closes MacDill gate
myfoxtampabay.com ^ | 07/13/07 | fox

Posted on 07/13/2007 5:03:49 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

Hillsborough County, Florida TAMPA - A 'suspicious' truck has closed a cargo gate at MacDill Air Force Base, along with several roads close to the base.

MacDill spokesman Lt. Omar Villarreal told FOX 13 that the vehicle inspection system at the Port Tampa gate detected something unusual from a truck parked there.

The Tampa Police Department reports that they are blocking traffic on Interbay Boulevard between WestShore Boulevard and Dale Mabry Highway while base security personnel investigate the truck.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxtampabay.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: macdill; macdillafb; tampa; truck

1 posted on 07/13/2007 5:03:50 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3

Thanks for posting this.


2 posted on 07/13/2007 5:05:45 AM PDT by syriacus (If the US troops had remained in S. Korea in 1949, there would have been no Korean War (1950-53).)
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To: TornadoAlley3

http://public.macdill.amc.af.mil/


3 posted on 07/13/2007 5:05:56 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last.”)
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To: syriacus; TornadoAlley3

” Thanks for posting this. “

Ditto...

Please post updates — F&F (Fluff&Folly) is, of course, oblivious......


4 posted on 07/13/2007 5:09:14 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (We has met the enemy, and he is us........)
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To: TornadoAlley3
THis may be a false alarm, but it looks like they are following the correct protocols until they are sure.

I wonder if it was a visual inspection or monitoring equipment that alarmed on it? Visual could be anything from wires hanging down, to suspicious objects on the undercarraige. Monitoring equipment would be more worrisome as that means they picked up Chemical, Bio or radiological signals.

5 posted on 07/13/2007 5:09:15 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

ALL CLEAR HAS BEEN GIVEN According to Fox 13 in Tampa. No additional information.


6 posted on 07/13/2007 5:21:00 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: commish

THis may be a false alarm, but it looks like they are following the correct protocols until they are sure.

I wonder if it was a visual inspection or monitoring equipment that alarmed on it? Visual could be anything from wires hanging down, to suspicious objects on the undercarraige. Monitoring equipment would be more worrisome as that means they picked up Chemical, Bio or radiological signals.

The wording would make you think that Monitoring equipment picked up a signal, if thats the case, then radiological would be a good guess.


7 posted on 07/13/2007 5:23:19 AM PDT by Paperpusher
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To: commish

Thanks.


8 posted on 07/13/2007 5:31:21 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last.”)
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