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| Three Men Arrested in UK Port Bomb Alert |
| 2003-08-30 |
| British police said on Saturday they arrested three men, called out the bomb squad and closed the southern port of Dover after discovering a suspect device. "Three men are being held in custody at a station in Kent in connection with terrorism offences," police in the County of Kent said. "A bomb disposal unit is dealing with the device," a spokeswoman added. The port was reopened early on Saturday morning and began the task of clearing the backlog of ships carrying thousands of passengers stranded in the English Channel after the discovery of the device in a car at Dover’s eastern docks. "The port will be functioning as normal quite soon," said a Port of Dover Police spokesman. Dover is one of the main ports for ferry services shuttling passengers and vehicles across the English Channel to France and continental Europe. A spokeswoman for Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. plc told Reuters four of its passenger ferries had unloaded, with another three still waiting to disembark. So, what are their names? Liam, Nigel, etc? Or something with a lot more consonants... Inquiring minds want to know. |
| Posted by:Laurence of the Rats |
| #1 came over on the Dover ferry from France, so I would assume it's one of the popular French names, like Abdul , Al-Ghamdi, or Moussoui |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-30 9:38:52 AM |