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Authorities Probing Unauthorized Shipment of Radioactive Material [near Detroit border]
FoxNews ^ | 1 aug 2002 | Carl Cameron

Posted on 08/01/2002 10:06:28 PM PDT by flamefront

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:34:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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Head's up. (and 70 NEST activations already!) Oh no, don't panic.
1 posted on 08/01/2002 10:06:29 PM PDT by flamefront
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To: flamefront
70 false alarms is what they said?
2 posted on 08/01/2002 10:11:26 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: flamefront
And that it happens to be in the Detroit area is no coincidence in my opinion.
3 posted on 08/01/2002 10:15:21 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
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To: flamefront
Michigan, eh?

Guess the dogs aren't headed to Houston.

Houston has a port...
4 posted on 08/01/2002 10:19:47 PM PDT by Vidalia
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To: TLBSHOW
70 false alarms is what they said?

I don't think that's what they meant. There were 70 alarms that turned out not to represent terrorist threats. Some of these might have been false alarms, some might have been unregistered equipment (illegal, but not connected with terrorism), some might have been legal shipments improperly shielded, etc.

In situations like this, one prefers to be cautious; one would rather err on the side of false positives than false negatives.

5 posted on 08/01/2002 10:20:53 PM PDT by Mitchell
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To: flamefront
Detroit, just great, Mecca West.
6 posted on 08/01/2002 10:24:15 PM PDT by MissAmericanPie
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To: MissAmericanPie
I hope they have plenty of those detectors in nearby Dearborn. That's where a whole lot of Muslims live and give money/support to such sterling, peace-loving organizations like Hezbollah and HAMAS. Worse than Raleigh and Charlotte, NC from what I have read.
7 posted on 08/01/2002 10:28:36 PM PDT by demnomo
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To: TLBSHOW
Right - nothing found 70 times.

But this event has happened 2 months ago and nothing but the sensor has been discovered. Two days too late to catch the goods.

8 posted on 08/01/2002 10:29:09 PM PDT by flamefront
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To: demnomo
Hopefully it was a false alarm, but given the warning was in Detroit it really increases the odds of it being for real.

My area is big on Al Queda donations, ain't that grand?

9 posted on 08/01/2002 10:41:23 PM PDT by MissAmericanPie
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To: big ern
i was hoping the high arab population in detroit and the lil ole MOSQUE we have slightly south of detroit would EXEMPT us from these kinds of threats.

isn't there some kind of islamic penalty in hell for blowing up a mosque? like, mebbe, you have to sleep with 75 phyllis dillers or something?

10 posted on 08/02/2002 5:53:48 AM PDT by wildwood
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To: wildwood
Actually, there IS an isamoc law that frbids them from waging jihad in any nation that allows openly "preaching" and "worshipping" for Muslims... but I digress...
11 posted on 08/02/2002 6:03:11 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks
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To: Chad Fairbanks
Damned fat fingers...
12 posted on 08/02/2002 6:03:43 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks
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To: flamefront; All; Alamo-Girl
Ah,.......come on Journalists of the U.S., Canadian, U.N. Press Corps.......

How about a specific 'breakdown' as to the type of Transport Alert!!

Trucks/Vans/Cars/Campers/Tailors/Boats/Scrap?
Ships/Houseboats/Barges/Boats/Submarines?
Aircraft/Planes/Helicopters/Balloons/Kites?
Trains/etc.?
WALKING ACROSS w/Stuff?

13 posted on 08/02/2002 9:25:20 AM PDT by maestro
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To: demnomo
I hope they have plenty of those detectors in nearby Dearborn.

That's waaaay too close to home for me. I had to be in the area last week - couldn't get out of there fast enough!

14 posted on 08/02/2002 9:32:28 AM PDT by mombonn
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i was hoping the high arab population in detroit and the lil ole MOSQUE we have slightly south of detroit would EXEMPT us from these kinds of threats.

I have always thought the same thing. How are you???

15 posted on 08/02/2002 9:34:09 AM PDT by mombonn
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To: maestro
Bump!
16 posted on 08/02/2002 9:37:35 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: mombonn; wildwood
On the other hand if you look in the back yards of these fanatics in various parts of the world, it becomes very clear they spoil their own backyard all the time.
17 posted on 08/02/2002 11:18:37 AM PDT by flamefront
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To: flamefront
I know very little about international shipping but I have been wondering about a scenario that didn't make sense to me...

I work for a company on the opposite shore of Mich...The parent company is in Belgium...This company is in the process of receiving a machinery line from Belgium and the machinery is coming by way of Canada...

Not only could the parent company have shipped the machines to a US port and then trucked it on in, but they also could have run it aboard ship thru the Great Lakes to a Freshwater port not more than 15 minutes from here...

Just something I've been wondering about...
18 posted on 08/02/2002 1:47:21 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: thinden; MizSterious; OKCSubmariner; glorygirl; Uncle Bill; rdavis84
Please see reply #19
20 posted on 08/02/2002 5:13:31 PM PDT by honway
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