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Breaking, unconfirmed: 3 Arabs detained on Williamsburg Bridge; bridge closed
WABC radio - NYC/FOX NEWS
| 3/28/03
| self
Posted on 03/28/2003 5:45:17 AM PST by shhrubbery!
WABC radio is reporting three persons of "Arabic descent" have been detained after leaving suspicious item on Williamsburg Bridge.
This bridge is one of the main routes into Manhattan from Brooklyn.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: homelandsecurity; williamsburgbridge
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To: shhrubbery!
They were the Knights Who Say "Nih".
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posted on
03/28/2003 6:30:19 AM PST
by
Illbay
(Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
To: Afronaut
You think they suppress news all the time, I think they report rumors all the time and then when the real story comes out, people think they are being deceived. Breaking news stories are notoriously inaccurate.
To: freeperfromnj
It's almost exactly the time of morning that they've struck in the past.
They? Back to sensitivity training for you! 3 hours of DU viewing should turn your brain into mush and is apt punishment.
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posted on
03/28/2003 6:31:07 AM PST
by
lelio
To: glock rocks
The guy on FOX just reported that people leave packages unattended every day! There was no package found on the Roadway... People leave Backpacks and bags alone ALL THE TIME..
There is no specific threat involved with the bridges.
this is unreal!
To: lelio
CNBC reporting a Reuters wire saying that either local officials or the FBI saying that this isn't terrorism related (*).It may turn out to be 'peace' demonstrators or 'performance artists.'
But I'll never forget that only a few minutes after the second plane hit the World Trade Center, it was announced on-air that the FBI was saying "this is NOT a terrorist incident." Astonishing.
To: concerned about politics
Why not? The anti-American "peace" protestors covered for them. That deserves to be repeated.
106
posted on
03/28/2003 6:32:31 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
(The Dems are self-destructing before our eyes, How Great is That !)
To: Trust but Verify
Are you a Spinster? This is laughable here. The longer this story is reported the harder they are reporting that this is just a mistake.
The Cops are all just standing there. There is something on the bridge and they are trying to find out what to do.
To: shhrubbery!
WABC radio just reported - Does not appear to be terror related.
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posted on
03/28/2003 6:35:30 AM PST
by
maridee
To: maridee
Ummm.... diversion?
To: Afronaut
Yup, every day when I cross the Verrazano, I get out of my car and leave a backpack on the bridge. happens every day.
To: tscislaw
Dogs do not put acid on cables. The three Arabs in question should be fed to the dogs, or better yet, pigs.
To: Afronaut
The guy on FOX just reported that people leave packages unattended every day! There was no package found on the Roadway... People leave Backpacks and bags alone ALL THE TIME.. There is no specific threat involved with the bridges.Fox 5 backtracked on the "packages" report. All they are committing to now is that three men of middle-eastern descent were detained after suspicious activity on the bridge.
There have been specific threats to the Brooklyn Bridge in the past. Never heard of threats to the Williamsburg; but I should note that the neighborhood called Williamsburg, in Brooklyn that is adjacent to the Williamsburg Bridge, is heavily Orthodox Jewish.
There have been reports in the media in recent months that the 9/11 terrorists originally had planned to hit the neighborhood of Williamsburg, instead of the WTC, because the original goal had been to kill as many Jews as possible.
To: sheik yerbouty
They will be released without posting any bail and sent on their merry way back to their 7-11s and gas stations.
I need an aspirin and a Big Slurpy!
Leni
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posted on
03/28/2003 6:39:56 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(THIS JUST IN ! Astonishing fare reduction for FReeps Ahoy Cruise! Check it out, pronto!)
To: oceanview
Slap a "NO IRAQ WAR" sticker on your backpack and no one will question your odd behavior as its expected from that crowd.
Another report that alcohol was a factor. Is there a Hold Muh Beer alert out?
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posted on
03/28/2003 6:40:44 AM PST
by
lelio
To: shhrubbery!
The earlier Arab immigrants were Lebanese Catholics fleeing persecution by muslims. In the last 25 years or so, Muslims, more than a few Wahabis, moved in("there goes the neighborhood"). They are located especially close to the feet of these bridges.
To: maridee
WABC radio just reported - Does not appear to be terror related.Guess I can go take a shower now.
To: jimbo123
"Dune Monkeys" LOL!
To: pitinkie
CNN says the guys drank too much and thats why..a prank"
My thought on that report is that's a convenient cover story given by the three suspects. "We were just carrying liquor bottles in a brown paper bag..., Honest, Officer!"
Fox 5 local news is now going with the drunken prank story, too...as per NYPD!
To: Afronaut
There is 3 or 4 Subways that run over this bridge. And many buses. The FDR drive runs under the entrance on the Manhattan side.
Remember there were Three men involved. This is not someone who forgot his gym clothes on a bridge....Now its just some drunks that were having fun!
To: All
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posted on
03/28/2003 6:44:10 AM PST
by
kayak
(Pray for our President, our military, and our nation!)
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