1 November 2005 - Amsterdam trains halted after suspicious package found on rails; belonged to 2 men in Islamic garb who hid in bathroom
I would definitely classify a package as suspicious if it were dumped on the railroad tracks by 2 guys in Islamic garb who immediately ran and hid in the bathroom.
Hang on a second. That means I would be profiling.
On second thought, if someone wearing full Islamic gard throws a package on the tracks and then runs and hides, I'd have to say he probably deserves to be profiled and locked up.
Anyway here's the article
Trains Halted at Amsterdam Central Station
Tuesday November 1, 2005 5:16 PM
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Eastbound train traffic at Amsterdam's central station was halted Tuesday afternoon after a suspicious package was found on an international train arriving from Frankfurt, Germany, Amsterdam police said.
Spokesman Gerard Vrooland said the incident had been turned over to the national police, which have the only Dutch bomb squads.
The national NOS television reported that the package belonged to two Dutch-speaking men in tradition Islamic dress who were arrested after initially hiding in one of the train's bathrooms.
A spokesman for the national police said he could not immediately confirm the NOS report.
There was no immediate word on whether the package was dangerous.
Heightening public nervousness, the alert came on the eve of first anniversary of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic radical, which a court ruled was an act of terrorism.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5384707,00.html
Can't wait to hear what was in the package.
I read your articles, "Jihad Comes to a Small Town", this morning. Thank you very, very much for making them available to us. Must reading.
Updates always appreciated.
Looks as if they are doing test runs again.
If it works on the Dutch, then it will work any place.
Is there anything they haven't thought of to try?
I am attempting to understand what I am hearing on the radio, the Ed Schultz show, I don't like him, but his station here, has the only hourly news.
It appears that the Democrats have called the Congress into a Closed session, to discover if President Bush faked the WMD in Iraq, as an excuse to go to war in Iraq.
He actually had 'guests' on who swore that the weapons in
Iraq today are not from Iran and other area's, they are all the Iraq people and weapons.............
Don't they ever read the foreign papers?