Package at Port of Miami posed no threat

[Scurrilous]

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"The Port of Miami was hit by its second terrorism scare in two days Monday when a package that was to be loaded onto a cruise ship tested positive for plastic explosives. Authorities later determined it was harmless.

The package was initially tested six times, and each time it came back positive for the military-grade explosive known as C4, the Coast Guard said.

The package was then destroyed, and a Miami-Dade County police bomb squad determined it contained sprinkler parts, said Zach Mann, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_re_us/miami_bomb_threat

[Avalux]

1. Sprinker parts mistaken for C4.

OK.........

[ixion]

2. "second terrorism scare"... what a load of crap

two stories where nothing happened are not terrorist scares. The story here is the way the MSM hypes the non-stories.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Someones fire prevention stuff destroyed for nothing. Terra. Terra. Terra.

Warmups for the big speech Wednesday night.

[matcom]

4. Someone's lawn is going to die because of this

:cry:

[High Plains]

5. I don't know whose performance is worse...

The authorities, who appear ready to shut down a city anytime someone sneezes.

or

The cable news networks, who broadcast these non-events wall-to-wall.

or

Fox News in particular, which seems almost disappointed they aren't real terrorist attacks.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. Sprinkler parts, eh?

Likely used to deliver lawn chemicals then, which often give false positives.