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mojo2 · Aug 16, 2006, 04:52 PM

Port of Seattle Terminal Evacuated
08.16.2006, 05:18 PM

Authorities set up a half-mile perimeter around a terminal at the Port of Seattle on Wednesday after bomb-sniffing dogs indicated that at least one container recently unloaded from a ship could contain explosives.

Dozens of personnel were evacuated from Terminal 18, on Harbor Island south of downtown Seattle, a port spokesman said. A bomb squad was set to examine the container and determine its contents.

The container was taken off the ship because of questions about a manifest, port spokesman David Schaefer said.

"The bomb-sniffing dogs did what bomb-sniffing dogs do, and it caused us to be worried there might be explosives," Schaefer said.

Coast Guard Petty Officer Mike Zolzer said the container was supposed to contain oily rags, but authorities apparently found items that did not match that description.

Zolzer said he did not know where the ship originated.

http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/...ap2954702.html

An X-Ray scan of the two containers on this shipment from Pakistan did not support the shipping manifest statement that the containers had only oily rags, reports FNC's John Gibson.

Rumor · Aug 16, 2006, 05:21 PM

Soooooo, what was in them?

itai195 · Aug 16, 2006, 05:24 PM

Why would shipping containers be full of oily rags? We have plenty of those here, don't need them shipped from Pakistan

Uncle Skeleton · Aug 16, 2006, 05:29 PM

How do you think we got so many of them here in the first place?

ghporter · Aug 16, 2006, 05:44 PM

There are a bunch of reasons to ship oily rags to Seattle-including turning the container around and sending it on with other containers to another destination. Oily rags could be inbound for recycling into packaging, for oil extraction, or a lot of other things.

However... a lot of explosives can give the appearance of something that's leaking oil-think about the letter bomb posters of old... This is not good.

jckalen · Aug 16, 2006, 05:46 PM

It was SUPPOSED to contain oily rags? weird weird weird

ghporter · Aug 16, 2006, 05:49 PM

Update from the ABC affiliate in Seattle. No explosives found, but they don't say what was found.

voodoo · Aug 16, 2006, 06:26 PM

Are Americans going to be paranoid now for how long? jeez..

Wake me up when they're back to normal. 300 million people and every one of the deadly afraid of becoming a terrorist target and yet they happily drive to work.

Chill people. Already the US is annoying - along with the UK - because of the paranoia. Something is probably going to happen. That's the only true thing I've heard Rumsfeld say. But there is no need to concern yourself about it.

There are better odds winning the lottery than dying in a terrorist attack. Anyone play the lottery? Oh right.. you probably think you're going to win there. That explains it.

Carry on. Show some *real* paranoia. Make me proud.

V

Rumor · Aug 16, 2006, 06:28 PM

I have sock gnomes that live in my dryer.

mojo2 · 04:22 AM

Originally Posted by voodoo

Are Americans going to be paranoid now for how long? jeez..

Wake me up when they're back to normal. 300 million people and every one of the deadly afraid of becoming a terrorist target and yet they happily drive to work.

Chill people. Already the US is annoying - along with the UK - because of the paranoia. Something is probably going to happen. That's the only true thing I've heard Rumsfeld say. But there is no need to concern yourself about it.

There are better odds winning the lottery than dying in a terrorist attack. Anyone play the lottery? Oh right.. you probably think you're going to win there. That explains it.

Carry on. Show some *real* paranoia. Make me proud.

V

Spain was conquered before by Muslims, right? And more recently the Spanish people surrendered to Islam. All that's left to do now is to change the parliamentary monarchy to a government that is in line with Islam and set up a system to pay the jizya and you'll really be able to kick back and laugh at us.

Rumor · Aug 17, 2006, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by mojo2

Spain was conquered before by Muslims, right? And more recently they gave up. All that's left to do now is to change the parliamentary monarchy to a government that is in line with Islam and a system to pay the jizya and you'll really be able to kick back and laugh at us.

Do you mean Jza? Or maybe Rza?

mojo2 · Aug 17, 2006, 04:19 AM

Originally Posted by Rumor

Do you mean Jza? Or maybe Rza?

In Islamic law, jizya or jizyah (Arabic: جزْية) is a per capita tax imposed on adult males of other faiths under Muslim rule.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizya

voodoo · Aug 17, 2006, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by mojo2

Spain was conquered before by Muslims, right?

No, but the Iberian peninsula was partly occupied by Moors for some time. Until Spain kicked them out. And wiped them out.

When the Moors invaded there was no Spain, rather the peninsula was made up by a number of small kingdoms. Almost immediately after the Moors starrted occupying the land, Asturias was founded in the north. Along with Navarra, it was never conquered by the Moors and from it came the current kingdom of Spain, which united the country in 1492 under Castilla and León and Aragon.

Originally Posted by mojo2

And more recently the Spanish people surrendered to Islam.

No, not really. In other news the American people surrendered to terrorists because Americans are spineless cowards.

You bore me with that bullcrap.

V