Thread: CA port closed amid possible terrorist threat

Calif. port closed amid possible threat 1 hour, 13 minutes ago



PORT HUENEME, Calif. - A Southern California port was closed off Monday afternoon while authorities investigated a possible terrorist threat on a cargo ship, a port official said.

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A dock worker at the Port of Hueneme in Ventura County discovered a possible threat written in the cargo hold of a ship carrying bananas from Guatemala, said Will Berg, the port's marketing director.

Berg said the message, scrawled in marker on a metal pillar in the ship, read: "This nitro is for you Mr. George W. Bush and your Jewish cronies."

Federal authorities, including the FBI, and local officials were investigating, Berg said.

About 20 people aboard the ship, a 30,000-ton refrigerated vessel that arrived from the Port of Quetzal in Guatemala, were evacuated, he said. Workers already outside the port were being kept out, though anyone inside was allowed to remain.

The port is northwest of Los Angeles.

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