Bomb Threats Shuts Down Two Airports - Bush Supporters Gone Wild!

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBMD7TA8FE.html

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Bomb threats forced the closure of airports in Long Beach and Orange County on Tuesday morning, officials said.

The Long Beach threat was made in a telephone call placed to the facility around 3 a.m., said airport spokeswoman Sharon Diggs-Jackson. The threat to John Wayne Airport in Orange County also came in a telephone call, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration.

Melendez said the Orange County airport was operating normally. He said he did not know if flights had been affected by the brief shutdown.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Is Dick Cheney playing with the phones again? n/t

[Kadie]

2. Toy, Cookie Are Mistaken for Bomb Parts - San Diego terminal evacuated

Toy, Cookie Are Mistaken for Bomb Parts

Tuesday, October 25, 2005


(10-25) 10:36 PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) --


A terminal at San Diego International Airport was evacuated Tuesday after luggage screeners mistook a child's toy and a cookie for bomb-making components, officials said.


A screening machine at the Commuter Terminal detected what appeared to be bomb-making material in a carryon bag around 7:45 a.m., said Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Jennifer Peppin.


A bomb squad was called to the terminal, which serves regional flights, and investigators determined the bag did not contain any "IED," or improvised explosive devices, Peppin said.


"Essentially what they did find was a child's toy and some organic material in a bag that turned out to be a cookie," Peppin said. "Those two items combined on-screen, they very much appeared to be an IED, and it turned out not to be."

more...
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/25/national/a102640D26.DTL

[Connie_Corleone]

3. Cookie Monster must've joined Evil Bert in his Jihad. nt

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Why does Bert hate America?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. OK tell the truth. You got that from The Onion. n/t

[Kadie]

10. It does sound like a headline from The Onion doesn't it?

Front page, SFGate...

http://www.sfgate.com

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. Oh I know. I saw your link as well. I just needed to say it. This is just

ridiculous.

[skooooo]

4. What does this have to do with Bush supporters?

[Kierkegaard]

5. That was going to be my next question...

[durablend]

9. They're just batty and unbalanced enough to do this

Wait until the indictments come down (get that duct tape and plastic sheeting ready)

[Kierkegaard]

11. I believe you're right.

There isn't much I would put past them. Poor, stupid bastards...

The context of the original post didn't quite register with at least a couple of us.

[NNN0LHI]

7. That is who I think is doing it. I thought that was obvious? Guess not? nt