[nw_arizona_granny]

A few days ago, there was a report of a missing shipping container in Canada, all I recall is the 3 days that it took for them to make the report.

I don't recall who posted it. I am sure it was on this thread.

[all4one]

Missing Container Raises Questions About Security (Halifax, Canada)

FROM CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — It took three days for Canada's national police force to be told that a suspicious shipping container was missing from a Halifax pier last spring.

The theft of the boxcar-size crate in mid-April and the delay in reporting it initially sent shivers through senior ranks of the RCMP, Canada's lead federal agency in the war on terrorism.

The delay "was more than enough time" for a potential terrorist to drive the container up to — and possibly over — the U.S. border, said a senior RCMP source, who spoke to The Canadian Press on the condition of anonymity. Compounding the problem, customs officers with the Canada....

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[jerseygirl]

From the picture- it looks like the use the boat to move the bomb to the location....

missing Canadian cargo ship....


just a thought

[jerseygirl]

Do you recall how long the cargo ship was missing and where it was finally located?

[Myrddin]

The volume of containers entering our ports and transferred via rail/truck is enormous. There isn't sufficient resources to check them all. The asian countries use containers to move goods to the U.S. west coast, transport them to the east coast on railcars, then put them back on ships bound for Europe. It is the least expensive shipping path. It would be easy to smuggle just about anything into the country that way.

Attacking our seaports or rail lines is an attack on both the U.S. and on the supply lines to Europe from Asia.