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Scare at Sub Base (Groton CT.)
WFSB Hartford CT ^
| 3/13/06
Posted on 03/13/2006 2:49:14 PM PST by Bottom_Gun
Scare at the Sub Base
GROTON -- Police and fire units have set up a perimeter at the Groton Sub Base. Bomb-sniffing dogs have been also called out to the scene.
Navy authorities are providing very limited information as to what happened Monday morning.
Crystal Lake Avenue and the military highway road along the river have been blocked off by local police.
This provides access to Gate #1 where the incident involving a truck took place.
A spokesperson for the sub base tells Eyewitness news that at 6:30 a.m. Monday a Navy dog trained to sniff for explosives sensed something on a truck attempting to enter Gate #1. That's the gate near the Nautilus Museum.
The Navy immediatly shut down the base. Groton police cordoned off Crystal Lake Ave and Military Highway. Around mid morning the other gates north on Route 12 were opened.
Federal agencies are on site as is the Navy bomb squad. The Navy is not saying if anything was actually discovered or removed.
The other possibility is that this could be a drill. But they are not indicating that at this time.
We'll have more on this story on Eyewitness News starting at 5.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; US: Connecticut; War on Terror
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the 5PM report added that the driver of the truck was of Arab origin and did not speak english. he was taken into custody my FBI and NCIS and will be questioned at length. Traffic through the main gate was restored at 4:45pm. Federal agencies are not commenting on what was found in the truck.
IMHO, whe were being tested, and they lost. Everyone in this area has been watching for something like this for a long time!
To: Bottom_Gun
Yikes, keep us posted..wonder if this has anything to do with the latest threats from AQ.
To: Bottom_Gun
ACLU will be screaming racial profiling.....
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:54:13 PM PST
by
AZRepublican
("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
To: Bottom_Gun
the driver of the truck was of Arab origin and did not speak englishLesson learned. Next time they'll use another Timothy McVeigh.
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:54:21 PM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: nutmeg
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:54:51 PM PST
by
Andonius_99
(They [liberals] aren't humans, but rather a species of hairless retarded ape.)
To: sockmonkey
Good Dog....GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD DOG!!!!!
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:55:10 PM PST
by
Shady
To: Bottom_Gun
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:56:04 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(I do not "Recognize" America anymore !!!)
To: Bottom_Gun
"the 5PM report added that the driver of the truck was of Arab origin and did not speak english."
anyone want to make a bet the MSM will never say he's also mooslim?? any takers?? I need an easy $100...
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:56:13 PM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
To: Bottom_Gun
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:57:27 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(I do not "Recognize" America anymore !!!)
To: Doohickey; judicial meanz; submarinerswife; PogySailor; chasio649; gobucks; Bottom_Gun; Dog Gone; ..
Rotten Groton ping to the Steely-Eyed Killers of the Deep.
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:58:08 PM PST
by
Doohickey
(If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
To: Bottom_Gun
Maybe he got lost trying to find "Mystic Pizza".
To: Bottom_Gun
Hope that old guy that stands by the Pass Office with the protest sign didn't get hurt...
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:59:07 PM PST
by
Doohickey
(If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
To: JustPiper
East of Hartford, on the coast
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posted on
03/13/2006 2:59:39 PM PST
by
llevrok
(The answer is often in the question.)
To: llevrok
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posted on
03/13/2006 3:00:20 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(I do not "Recognize" America anymore !!!)
To: JustPiper
"The base is in Hartford?"
No but I wouldn't mind if Hartford was a target! The liberals are all in Hartford, get rid of them and CT would become a better place.
To: Doohickey
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posted on
03/13/2006 3:01:59 PM PST
by
j_tull
(Remember, before rap came along, we thought disco sucked.)
To: JustPiper
It is the base in Groton CT
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posted on
03/13/2006 3:02:03 PM PST
by
navygal
(Numbers 6:24-26)
To: Bottom_Gun
Other than your local news, has this story appeared anywhere else in the MSM? Thanks for the report.
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posted on
03/13/2006 3:03:42 PM PST
by
Chena
(I'm not young enough to know everything.)
To: Shady
That dog deserves a t-bone.
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posted on
03/13/2006 3:05:25 PM PST
by
Feiny
(If you smoke after sex, you are doing it too fast.)
To: Bottom_Gun
This guy did a terrible job of casing the joint. All he had to do was wait till the EM club opened up. Then he could've gotten on base without any hassle.
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posted on
03/13/2006 3:05:41 PM PST
by
Doohickey
(If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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