Police and FBI officials are patrolling a remote area of southeastern Utah after reports an oil company employee was attacked by armed men who asked questions about the oilfield's operations and appeared to be Middle Eastern. The victim, whose name wasn't released, told authorities four armed men attacked him at 11:30 p.m. last night at the ExxonMobil oil and natural gas processing facility in Aneth, Utah. ''He did not get a good look at them,'' Leonard G. Butler, acting executive director of Navajo Nation public safety in Window Rock, Ariz., told KUTV. ''They were speaking a language he did not understand.'' Aneth is on the Navajo reservation about 380 miles southeast of Salt Lake City at the sparsely inhabited Four Corners juncture of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
The source is World Net Daily, which isn't max reliable. On the other hand, FoxNews has footage on right now of a refinery fire on Staten Island. Fire apparently started on a barge. Fox sez it's a propane barge. Foreboats and the Coast Guard are on their way now.Explosion, fire, and people's phones went dead. The explosion was described as large enough to shake the ground.
If there's any hint of Middle Eastern involvement, we can roll anytime...
FOLLOWUP:
Two people have been confirmed dead after a huge explosion at an Exxon Mobil oil and gas facility on Staten Island, on the outskirts of New York City.
Officials in the city, which has been on high alert since the 11 September attack in 2001, have stressed that there is no indication of terrorism.
| Tell us why... |
| So what rules out terrorism? Or is it ruled out like it was ruled out when the guy shot up LAX last 4th of July? |
| If the bodies weren't wearing turbans, then I'll believe there's no terror connection. |