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Part of Times Square shut down in bomb scare
Reuters ^

Posted on 07/10/2007 1:15:23 PM PDT by 300magnum

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A section of New York City's Times Square was closed down on Tuesday as police investigated what they described as a possible bomb scare.

Several blocks of Seventh Avenue, including along the front of the Reuters building, were closed to traffic as police investigated the suspicious item


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bombscare; nyc; timessquare
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1 posted on 07/10/2007 1:15:26 PM PDT by 300magnum
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To: 300magnum

Hoping it’s just one of those strange packages left that turns out to be nothing.


2 posted on 07/10/2007 1:18:00 PM PDT by Bahbah
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To: 300magnum

I’m just curious about what of the extraordinarily wide variety of trash, people, gadgets, stands, stops, containers, and bins in Time Square, could be described as “suspicious”?


3 posted on 07/10/2007 1:18:05 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: 300magnum

Suspicious item in Times Square?....I wonder what it’s suspicious of?.......


4 posted on 07/10/2007 1:18:52 PM PDT by Red Badger (No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
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To: Bahbah

Mayor Bloomberg will say he’s more concerned about a possible thunderstorm moving in.


5 posted on 07/10/2007 1:19:11 PM PDT by AU72
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To: theDentist

Amish in a horse and buggy on vacation?


6 posted on 07/10/2007 1:19:12 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: Bahbah

Indeed. Though if it’s legit, it’ll be interesting to see if the folks at Reuters think there’s a WOT.


7 posted on 07/10/2007 1:19:14 PM PDT by libertarianPA (http://www.amarxica.com)
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To: theDentist
Definitely a bomb scare, possibly a bomb.
8 posted on 07/10/2007 1:19:21 PM PDT by dblshot
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To: theDentist

A bible????


9 posted on 07/10/2007 1:21:16 PM PDT by Millee (Tagline free since 10/20/06)
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To: 300magnum
Oh for Pete’s sake, it’s a complete long-shot. What conceivable chance is there that a terrorist would try to blow up his own propaganda wing?
10 posted on 07/10/2007 1:21:32 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: 300magnum

Rueter’s? You can’t make up stuff like this. Great movie plot. Hope its just somebodies back pack. But what location!


11 posted on 07/10/2007 1:21:39 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: dblshot

Definitely a bomb?


12 posted on 07/10/2007 1:21:52 PM PDT by Palladin (NO Shamnesty!!!)
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To: AU72

I’ve had a scared feeling for a few days.


13 posted on 07/10/2007 1:22:18 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: theDentist

Another Mohamacide bomber.


14 posted on 07/10/2007 1:22:34 PM PDT by tractorman
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To: txflake

Don’t discount a diversion.


15 posted on 07/10/2007 1:23:45 PM PDT by AU72
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To: theDentist

Perhaps a member of the Religion of “Rest In Peace”?


16 posted on 07/10/2007 1:25:01 PM PDT by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: AU72

Latest...red backpack. Not dangerous. Belongs to someone in Brooklyn.

A diversion? We shall see.


17 posted on 07/10/2007 1:25:33 PM PDT by Palladin (NO Shamnesty!!!)
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To: txflake
I’ve had a scared feeling for a few days

My recordz show you haf an appointment on Thurzday. ;-)

Perheps zis is the cauze...

18 posted on 07/10/2007 1:30:29 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: txflake

Me, too...
and my Mom works on Wall St.!
PRAYING that nothing happens in Manhattan. I think I’d have a heart attack.


19 posted on 07/10/2007 1:34:00 PM PDT by SoKatt
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Great, my son is in Manhattan working. Altho I suspect this is nothing, I hate when he goes there....
susie


20 posted on 07/10/2007 1:41:17 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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