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U.S. Missions in Europe Get White Powder Letters
Reuters ^
| Wed Sep 11,11:53 AM ET
| Reuters
Posted on 09/11/2002 9:19:10 AM PDT by thesharkboy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. embassies or consulates in Germany, Denmark, Italy and Luxembourg received letters containing white powder on Wednesday, sparking fears of a fresh anthrax attack, a State Department official told Reuters.
"Unidentified white powder was received in local mail deliveries," the official said, citing official information received from the embassies in Copenhagen, Luxembourg and Rome and consulates in Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig and Munich.
"In each case when the white powder was discovered by mission employees, staff notified local authorities who responded immediately and are now evaluating the substance," he said.
TOPICS: Anthrax Scare; Breaking News; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthrax; denmark; hoax; italy; letters; luxembourg; scare; usembassyplots
Another scare that will probably result in nothing.
To: thesharkboy
Home grown far right wingers again?
To: wingnuts'nbolts
Well you know those gun-nut Constitutionalist Luxembourgers . . .
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posted on
09/11/2002 9:37:00 AM PDT
by
wideawake
To: wingnuts'nbolts; wideawake
It seems that it would take some coordination to get these letters to arrive on the same day in so many different locations. Maybe more than one person is involved in this apparent and unoriginal hoax.
To: wideawake
Well you know those gun-nut Constitutionalist Luxembourgers . . . Nice job! :-)
To: wideawake
Not to mention those lead-slinging Danish (I prefer hollow point; the better to fill with apples and cheese).
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posted on
09/11/2002 10:46:56 AM PDT
by
steveegg
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