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FBI Seeks van, possible bomb in mall?
WBZ AM 1030 Radio News ^ | 11/02.01 | WBZ News reporter

Posted on 11/02/2001 6:14:33 PM PST by BansheeBill

Just reported on the 10 PM WBZ radio news broadcast:

FBI is seeking a rental type Ryder Van that was stopped trying to enter the parking garage at the Cambridge Mass Galleria mall at about 7 PM. When the back doors of the van were opened by security personnel, there were 6, 55 gallon drums duct taped to the vans walls along with gas type cans also taped to the walls.

The van then sped off. The FBI is asking for anyone seeing the van with possible license plate of 4789H7 to contact Police or the FBI.


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To: Dan Day
Tobin Bridge, Ted Williams Tunnel, Sumner Tunnel, The Mass Turnpike runs under a few buildings...
141 posted on 11/02/2001 7:05:06 PM PST by evolved_rage
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To: hd5574
Duct Tape seems to fit well with Box Cutters

Hell, you can build a civilization with duct tape and vise grip pliers!

142 posted on 11/02/2001 7:05:19 PM PST by 6ppc
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To: techdawg2k
My guess is even if they find this van that the 55 gallon tanks were ditched along the way and they'll find it empty.
143 posted on 11/02/2001 7:05:58 PM PST by Azzurri
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To: GWfan
Why was Ariz on the 'target' list today? Not London bridge right?
144 posted on 11/02/2001 7:06:29 PM PST by JustPiper
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To: 6ppc
LOL
145 posted on 11/02/2001 7:06:32 PM PST by hd5574
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To: GWfan
"Mall"? What's a "mall".

I'm in NM.

146 posted on 11/02/2001 7:06:40 PM PST by Fred25
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To: Dog Gone
you can listen to Boston on: http://www.scanboston.com/live.ram
147 posted on 11/02/2001 7:06:59 PM PST by Missy35
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To: untenured
If this really is the preliminary to an attack (and goodness knows there have been many false alarms) I'll bet Harvard or MIT is or will eventually be a planned primary target. These guys are not as interested in causing fear (as many assume) as they are in practical military objectives. Imagine wiping out thousands of the best scientists and future scientists at once at MIT.

The problem is that universities are *extremely* spread out. They really sprawl, with personell scattered among many buildings, over many square miles.

You could set off the biggest truck bomb possible, and even at the optimum location, you might not take out more than a few dozen "best scientists" at a university like MIT.

148 posted on 11/02/2001 7:07:10 PM PST by Dan Day
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To: VA Advogado
The extensive reliance upon duct tape indicates a domestic origin for the suspects. If the latch was secured with a screwdriver that would nail it.
149 posted on 11/02/2001 7:07:32 PM PST by Justa
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To: Missy35
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150 posted on 11/02/2001 7:07:37 PM PST by Neanderthal
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To: ET(end tyranny)
Protecting us from the fringe ya know.... *smile*

Yeah...skinhead wiccan nazi microbiologists.

151 posted on 11/02/2001 7:07:44 PM PST by 6ppc
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To: cajungirl
Cousin was a genius, I guess. This MIT idiot wouldn't have gotten on another sub.
152 posted on 11/02/2001 7:07:52 PM PST by John Jamieson
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To: evolved_rage
"The Mass Turnpike runs under a few buildings."

The Mass Pike runs right underneath The Prudential Center building (second tallest in town after the John Hancock building) but you'd need a hell of a lot more than a truck filled with 6 barrels of ANFO to bring it down.

155 posted on 11/02/2001 7:08:38 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts
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To: JustPiper
I think it was the dams. Lots of them damming up the Colorado River. But they have been watched very closely since 9-11. No commercial vehicles, no trailers, and no RVs allowed to cross Hoover since 9-11. No one is allowed to even stop on the dam from what I've read.
156 posted on 11/02/2001 7:08:54 PM PST by GWfan
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To: snowtigger
You got that right, Pal. Send them ALL home, TODAY!!

What a wonderful idea. I agree completely. Now, if the INS just knew where they are...

For the 79th time:
If you are not a US citizen and you are from one of the countries we've identified as harboring/promoting terrorists, out you go, NOW!! No exceptions!

157 posted on 11/02/2001 7:09:40 PM PST by upchuck
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To: cajungirl
That was a pretty famous incident, and a harrowing one at that from what I know about it. Sorry to hear about losing him later. He will be remembered as a hero by his shipmates.
158 posted on 11/02/2001 7:09:41 PM PST by SubSailor
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To: Missy35
Tried , thanx Missy but the streamer is overloaded, please keep us updated?
159 posted on 11/02/2001 7:10:10 PM PST by JustPiper
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To: untenured
These guys are not as interested in causing fear (as many assume) as they are in practical military objectives. Imagine wiping out thousands of the best scientists and future scientists at once at MIT.

Ah ha...you're making the same point I was making to my co-workers today. They think I'm nuts, but one was saying something about the FBI security warnings and that the terrorists were just trying to scare peopel because that's their goal..to terrify us. I said nonsense, that's the old PLO model used in Western Europe. This is entirely different...these guys are at war. They're interested in killing Americans, wrecking our economy and defeating us. They flew planes into the WTC and caused them to collapse...they didn't threaten to do it, they just did it.

I really don't think they're interested in ruining our Halloween...they're more interested in killing our kids on Halloween. They way be getting a kick out of watching us scramble about because of the latest Anthrax scare, but that's not their primary goal.. Their goal is to kill people. This is really very serious.

160 posted on 11/02/2001 7:10:38 PM PST by pgkdan
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