Posted on 07/21/2010 11:24:23 PM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: "A gunman threatened to detonate a car bomb and claimed links to al-Qaida while robbing an American Express office on the Magnificent Mile this afternoon, police said.
About 4:20 p.m., a man approached a female employee in the American Express travel service office at 605 N. Michigan Ave. at first trying to buy euros and showing her a gun in his waistband as he demanded money, said Near North District Captain Leo Crotty."
SNIPPET: "The man, described as 6 feet tall, 200 pounds and possibly of Middle Eastern descent, went on to instruct all the office employees they had three minutes to hand over all the money they had, Crotty said.
Police believed the robber made off with 15,000 euros in addition to other currency, Crotty said."
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LOL!
Robbing for euro’s...wow.
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