4 suspicious packages in Boston (ALL CLEAR - 5:49pm EST)
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RoadRunner
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Heard the first one they set off earlier ( before these four ) was a circute like board used in ieds.Looks like it was mounted on a support beam to a overpass.
RoadRunner
Veteran Member
BTW.... Not terror related..... nothing to see....move on
Dornroeschen
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Jan 31, 2007 12:27 pm US/Eastern
Police Investigate Suspicious Devices In 4 Areas
(WBZ) BOSTON Police are investigating reports of four suspicious devices at four separate locations throughout Boston.
Officials are telling WBZ the devices are similiar to the one found this morning in Sullivan Square attached to a beam supporting I-93 north.
The four locations for these devices are the Boston University Bridge, Longfellow Bridge, New England Medical Center, and the intersection of Stuart and Columbus Streets.
The FBI is assisting Boston police in the investigation.
Firefighters have cleared the scene at the Boston University Bridge and New England Medical Center.
State Police have shut down a portion of Storrow Drive inbound near Government Center. The MBTA has shut down Red Line service between Park Street and Kendall Station.
The device found this morning was made up of a circuit board, wires, and batteries but no explosives were found.
Stay with cbs4boston.com for the latest on this developing story.
http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_031135507.html
Police Investigate Suspicious Devices In 4 Areas
(WBZ) BOSTON Police are investigating reports of four suspicious devices at four separate locations throughout Boston.
Officials are telling WBZ the devices are similiar to the one found this morning in Sullivan Square attached to a beam supporting I-93 north.
The four locations for these devices are the Boston University Bridge, Longfellow Bridge, New England Medical Center, and the intersection of Stuart and Columbus Streets.
The FBI is assisting Boston police in the investigation.
Firefighters have cleared the scene at the Boston University Bridge and New England Medical Center.
State Police have shut down a portion of Storrow Drive inbound near Government Center. The MBTA has shut down Red Line service between Park Street and Kendall Station.
The device found this morning was made up of a circuit board, wires, and batteries but no explosives were found.
Stay with cbs4boston.com for the latest on this developing story.
http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_031135507.html
CountryboyinGA
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It can't be muslims, they are the religion of peace. It is obviously some extremist Christians who are trying to impart their religion on everyone else.
That was sarcasm, in case you missed it.
CBiNGA
That was sarcasm, in case you missed it.
CBiNGA
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
yep, just announced not terror related and certainly not part of some organized conspiracy.... just a coincidence that 5 packages containing things found in IEDs on bridges and roadways in the same day.... hurry up sheeple, get in line here.
They REALLY said that? Heads up Law Enforcement, MSM, and politicians everywhere:
We actually aren't as stupid as you think.
MC2006
Veteran Member
MSNBC Breaking News: Reuters: Coast Guard closes Boston's Charles River amid security
MSNBC Breaking News: Reuters: Coast Guard closes Boston's Charles River amid security alert
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MSNBC Breaking News: Reuters: Coast Guard closes Boston's Charles River amid security alert
Find out more at http://breakingnews.msnbc.com
Dornroeschen
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'Hoax Devices' Found At Several Boston Locations
Crews Respond To Bridges, Hospital
POSTED: 2:08 pm EST January 31, 2007
UPDATED: 3:05 pm EST January 31, 2007
BOSTON -- Four "hoax devices" were found at several Boston locations Wednesday, hours after officials detonated a suspicious package on an elevated structure above the Sullivan Square Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station.
The additional packages were found at the Boston University Bridge, the Longfellow Bridge and near the intersection of Stuart and Columbus streets. A device described by officials as a pipe bomb was found in the basement of the Tufts New England Medical Center at 185 Harrison Ave.
A spokesman for the Boston Police Department said that all of the packages appeared to be similar.
"Our device was not an active device. We are still treating the area as a crime scene. There were no injuries. Everyone was evacuated properly, and everyone now back to their locations," Tufts New England Medical Center's Brooke Hynes said.
Mayor Tom Menino said that all of the packages found posed no danger, but the incidents remained under investigation. Storrow Drive eastbound was shut down for a brief time, and the MBTA suspended service on the Red Line and planned to bus afternoon commuters between Kendall and Park Street stations.
Earlier Wednesday, the state police bomb squad was called and detonated the package in Sullivan Square just before 10 a.m. Officials said it contained an electronic circuit board with some components that were "consistent with an improvised explosive device," but they said it had no explosives. They determined that the device was not dangerous, but destroyed it as a precaution.
"We determined that this device, in particular, was not explosive," said MBTA Lt. Sal Venturelli.
He said MBTA police were told about the package by a transit passenger who spotted it on a column that supports Interstate 93. The parcel was located on an elevated structure above the bus way and below I-93 in the Charlestown section of Boston at about 8 a.m.
"This is a perfect example of our passengers taking part in Homeland Security," Venturelli said.
An investigation will be conducted into how the package got there and when, he said.
Train service on the Orange Line between Sullivan Square and Wellington stations was suspended in both directions. No injuries were reported.
The northbound side of I-93 was closed, causing significant traffic backups. Motorists were not allowed to access the highway near Sullivan Square coming up from the south.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10890113/detail.html
Crews Respond To Bridges, Hospital
POSTED: 2:08 pm EST January 31, 2007
UPDATED: 3:05 pm EST January 31, 2007
BOSTON -- Four "hoax devices" were found at several Boston locations Wednesday, hours after officials detonated a suspicious package on an elevated structure above the Sullivan Square Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station.
The additional packages were found at the Boston University Bridge, the Longfellow Bridge and near the intersection of Stuart and Columbus streets. A device described by officials as a pipe bomb was found in the basement of the Tufts New England Medical Center at 185 Harrison Ave.
A spokesman for the Boston Police Department said that all of the packages appeared to be similar.
"Our device was not an active device. We are still treating the area as a crime scene. There were no injuries. Everyone was evacuated properly, and everyone now back to their locations," Tufts New England Medical Center's Brooke Hynes said.
Mayor Tom Menino said that all of the packages found posed no danger, but the incidents remained under investigation. Storrow Drive eastbound was shut down for a brief time, and the MBTA suspended service on the Red Line and planned to bus afternoon commuters between Kendall and Park Street stations.
Earlier Wednesday, the state police bomb squad was called and detonated the package in Sullivan Square just before 10 a.m. Officials said it contained an electronic circuit board with some components that were "consistent with an improvised explosive device," but they said it had no explosives. They determined that the device was not dangerous, but destroyed it as a precaution.
"We determined that this device, in particular, was not explosive," said MBTA Lt. Sal Venturelli.
He said MBTA police were told about the package by a transit passenger who spotted it on a column that supports Interstate 93. The parcel was located on an elevated structure above the bus way and below I-93 in the Charlestown section of Boston at about 8 a.m.
"This is a perfect example of our passengers taking part in Homeland Security," Venturelli said.
An investigation will be conducted into how the package got there and when, he said.
Train service on the Orange Line between Sullivan Square and Wellington stations was suspended in both directions. No injuries were reported.
The northbound side of I-93 was closed, causing significant traffic backups. Motorists were not allowed to access the highway near Sullivan Square coming up from the south.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10890113/detail.html
ontheright
TROPIC LIGHTNING GO 25th
These maniacs like to stick their toe in the water if'in ya know what I mean
atropa
Inactive
That did cross my mind. Or as a test run.
Breeta
Inactive
4 reported - but are there more? What are these devices? What do they do?
"Officials said it contained an electronic circuit board with some components that were "consistent with an improvised explosive device," but they said it had no explosives. They determined that the device was not dangerous, but destroyed it as a precaution."
Could any dirty bombs be deployed this way? Just wondering - what if they make bombs like this, just leave out the explosive device - then count on the Police to explode them, thereby dispensing of the nukes or anthrax or whatever else they want? Maybe impossible - just a disturbing thought I had.
"Officials said it contained an electronic circuit board with some components that were "consistent with an improvised explosive device," but they said it had no explosives. They determined that the device was not dangerous, but destroyed it as a precaution."
Could any dirty bombs be deployed this way? Just wondering - what if they make bombs like this, just leave out the explosive device - then count on the Police to explode them, thereby dispensing of the nukes or anthrax or whatever else they want? Maybe impossible - just a disturbing thought I had.
night driver
ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
PRANK my bleeding ass.
HOW long were they attached to the locations?
HOW were they found?
BY Whom??
How long did it take to handle one then 4??
A LOT of data there, TTP's for how we handle the notifications, how we handle the neutralization, etc etc.
Rmagee, the explosive needs to be atached to the device, can't just drive by.
Yeah it IS something that starts with P but it sure as hell ain't a Prank.
PROBE
HOW long were they attached to the locations?
HOW were they found?
BY Whom??
How long did it take to handle one then 4??
A LOT of data there, TTP's for how we handle the notifications, how we handle the neutralization, etc etc.
Rmagee, the explosive needs to be atached to the device, can't just drive by.
Yeah it IS something that starts with P but it sure as hell ain't a Prank.
PROBE
Chumbucket
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If they call it a "Prank" then there is no need to PANIC.
We, well most, on this board know there is no such thing as coincidence, particularly where this type of stuff is concerned.
Shhhh, it's a harmless college prank; we musn't disturb the , go back to work, nothing to see here. 
We, well most, on this board know there is no such thing as coincidence, particularly where this type of stuff is concerned.
Shhhh, it's a harmless college prank; we musn't disturb the
, go back to work, nothing to see here. 
Perpetuity
Inactive
So if it was a passerby on public transit that saw one of them, how and by whom were the other four found?
night driver
ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
College kids (if it IS college kids) are going to find out that they are terrorists just like AlQuaeda when they do crap like this.
BUT, 4 near simultaneous calls means to ME that SOMEONE is runing a stopwatch on this situation and this IS an OP.
BUT, 4 near simultaneous calls means to ME that SOMEONE is runing a stopwatch on this situation and this IS an OP.
Perpetuity
Inactive
Yep, my feelings as well. If whoever did it was in for the "fun" of it, they would have let the authorities scramble around all day looking for them, and laughing the entire time. And given this day and age, hoaxes like this should be treated seriously, with serious reprecussions for those engaging in them. If they are college kids, too bad. They should have been smart enough to realize the hot water that would happen...I think it's called common sense.
Perpetuity
Inactive
Per FoxNews...apparently, one of the ten possible devices is not like the other ones in construction...hmmmm...
Yep, my feelings as well. If whoever did it was in for the "fun" of it, they would have let the authorities scramble around all day looking for them, and laughing the entire time. And given this day and age, hoaxes like this should be treated seriously, with serious reprecussions for those engaging in them. If they are college kids, too bad. They should have been smart enough to realize the hot water that would happen...I think it's called common sense.
Probe or prank, whoever did this needs to have their asses tacked to the wall.
MaureenO
Another Infidel
Aardaerimus
Anunnaku
Exactly. They're testing our discovery+reaction time, so they'll know what to expect when they do the real thing.
Mark D
Now running for Emperor.
And where to place the camouflaged devices so they can hit the response teams.