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| Terror Alert Affects Tunnels |
| 2005-10-18 |
| A possible, unspecified terror threat closed one of two tunnels carrying traffic under Baltimore's harbor. Another was partially shut down in response to what an official said was a security threat. The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel was closed while the Fort McHenry Tunnel was partially closed, with one lane of traffic moving in each direction, said Lt. Col. David Franklin of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. The closures were in response to a threat, a federal law enforcement official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, did not provide further information about the nature of the threat. But another federal law enforcement official said the threat was phoned in to authorities by a person claiming to have information from abroad. Authorities are skeptical of the claim, but are checking it out nonetheless out of an abundance of caution, the official said. That source also spoke on condition of anonymity. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Gotta blieve, hon. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-10-18 20:46 |
| #5 "All is as Allan wills it, hon." |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-10-18 16:30 |
| #4 (WJZ) Eyewitness News has learned that there may be a link between a Middle Eastern market in Southeast Baltimore and the alleged threat to Baltimore's tunnels. Sources say two men affiliated with the Koko market on Eastern and Dundalk avenues are in FBI custody and authorities are looking for a third person. State and federal authorities have been investigating Koko's since last Thursday when word of a possible threat began to surface. The terrorist plot reportedly involved a delivery truck from the Koko market being driven into one of Baltimore's tunnels under the Inner Harbor loaded with explosives and left there to detonate. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-10-18 15:38 |
| #3 Shep, I can't tell if you being sarcastic, but I'll assume you're not. Thursday, June 24, 1993 (Reuters) - Eight men with Moslem fundamentalist ties have been arrested on charges of plotting to kill the Secretary-General of the United Nations, a U.S. senator and the president of Egypt and blow up major buildings and highway tunnels. The targets for bombing included the two highway tunnels that link New York City to New Jersey. -- Meanwhile, the sscare in Baltimore is over. |
| Posted by: growler 2005-10-18 14:52 |
| #2 When is Ramadan over? |
| Posted by: doc 2005-10-18 14:28 |
| #1 tunnels eh, were they not the target about a decade ago in new york or somewhere, sure i remember about a plot to boom these tunnels from a long time ago, anyone? |
| Posted by: Shep UK 2005-10-18 13:59 |