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It's high time Americans had more security for freight containers
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| January 14, 2001
| THOMAS G. DONLAN
Posted on 01/12/2002 1:24:23 PM PST by l33t
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:45:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Remember how it felt on the morning of September 11? One plane hit one World Trade Center tower; possibly an accident. A second plane struck the second tower; the odds of that happening by accident were well beyond belief. Then a third plane hit the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.
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posted on
01/12/2002 1:24:23 PM PST
by
l33t
To: l33t
This is an obvious delivery method. The security agencies are certainly aware of the possibilities. Last fall the Italian police actually found an Arab terrorist living in a shipping container. What the CIA and the FBI are doing to stop such an attack is another matter. Let's hope they are on the ball.
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posted on
01/12/2002 1:52:42 PM PST
by
Cicero
To: l33t
"It's high time Americans had more security for freight containers"....why bother when the Mexican trucks can simply drive what's needed across the border and place it literally anywhere in the US?
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posted on
01/12/2002 2:12:18 PM PST
by
brat
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: seamole
Mexican trucks aren't stopped at the border and searched? Only a very tiny percentage of them are. The rest, unfortunately, come right on in uninspected. Thank you NAFTA!
To: seamole
One in a hundred might get stopped.
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posted on
01/13/2002 1:05:35 AM PST
by
brat
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
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