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Details continue to emerge concerning the supposed dirty bomb attack
\n on Boston. Strange that on the day of the inauguration, the Federal
\n security apparatus is investigating a possible attack on the home of
\n the President’s defeated rival. Meanwhile, we have to go to the office
\n to calm the nerves of our 300 new foreign students, more than half of
\n whom hail from Asia, and who are probably wondering about all of the
\n suspicious stares they are getting on the mean streets of Boston….<\/p>\n
\n\n The FBI launched a massive manhunt across the region yesterday for
\n six people, four Chinese scientists and two Iraqis, said to be planning
\n to detonate a "dirty bomb" in Boston, local public safety
\n officials briefed on the threat said.<\/p>\nAt a police briefing yesterday at District A-1 station near Government
\n Center, a police intelligence official told officers that detectives
\n in the department would be trained in the use of radiation-sensing devices,
\n and he gave officers instructions about responding to a dirty bomb attack,
\n along with descriptions of the suspects.<\/p>\n"
\n They have modeling software they can use if it happens," said the
\n officer, who attended the meeting along with representatives of the Fire
\n Department and emergency medical services. "Within 3 minutes,
\n they can tell us which direction the wind is blowing in, which streets
\n to
\n shut down. They said it is a threat and we’re taking it seriously."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nfrom the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Details continue to emerge concerning the supposed dirty bomb attack on Boston. Strange that on the day of the inauguration, the Federal security apparatus is investigating a possible attack on the home of the President’s defeated rival. Meanwhile, we have to … Continue reading