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To: JustPiper

Oh man, you should have included a barf alert with that one. :-)


4,958 posted on 11/01/2005 12:03:18 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: All; StillProud2BeFree

Phew...it was nothing..../sarcasm

False bomb alarm on train disrupts Amsterdam traffic

Two men wearing traditional Islamic clothes were arrested on a train bound from Frankfurt to Amsterdam Tuesday after a scare over a suspicious package, police said.

The men were arrested after the train came to an emergency stop near Amsterdam's central station in the late afternoon, but the package was harmless, Amsterdam police spokesman Gerard Vrooland said.

Passengers had alerted police after seeing the two-Dutch speaking men pacing the car and visiting the bathroom together.

"They were acting strangely, and they made people nervous by the way they behaved, coming and going to the bathroom together and carrying a large backpack," Vrooland said.

Television images showed the young men being escorted from the train with their faces obscured by masks placed by police to protect their identity. They were released after interrogation, Vrooland said.

Eastbound train traffic from Amsterdam was halted most of Tuesday afternoon while bomb squads investigated the backpack. Passengers were evacuated from the train.

The incident came on the eve of first anniversary of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic radical, which a court ruled was an act of terrorism.
http://www.tkb.org/NewsStory.jsp?storyID=92762


4,959 posted on 11/01/2005 12:04:42 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta

I know it made me ill as hell!

Looking for the Betadine....


4,969 posted on 11/01/2005 12:35:04 PM PST by JustPiper (what news IS news stays silent)
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