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Yardbird wrote:
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> The local media here is supposed to be following up this angle but I
> haven't heard much except one report on the CBC. There are two ferry
> companies operating out of Yarmouth to the US and Canada Customs never
> checked vehicles leaving Canada - they only checked vehicles entering
> Canada. I don't know how strict or lax US Customs may have been on their
> end of the route.
>
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Bill Richer wrote:
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> > Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War!
> >
> > Terrorists might have entered U.S. on N.S. ferry
> > Ticket stubs seized from rental cars
Gentlemen,
Bill Shannon insists that you refrain from calling these
good folks terrorists.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Joshua2 for Bill
> >
> > Wednesday, September 12, 2001
> > U.S. authorities are being tight-lipped about a possible Canadian connection
> > to attacks on New York and Washington Tuesday.
> >
> > They are said to be investigating the possibility that at least two of the
> > hijackers in the attack on the World Trade Centre came from our side of the
> > border.
> >
> > There's speculation they took a ferry from Yarmouth, N.S. into Maine, then
> > flew from Portland to Boston.
> >
> > It was at Logan airport that they would have boarded one of the planes that
> > smashed into the World Trade Center in New York.
> >
> > A car believed to belong to the hijackers was confiscated in Boston. It
> > contained an Arabic language flight manual and a number of ticket stubs,
> > including two for the ferry from Yarmouth to Maine.
> >
> > WCVB-TV, quoting an anonymous source, reported that the suspects purchased
> > one-way tickets with cash, arrived late and were Middle Eastern -- red flags
> > for security personnel.
> >
> > Prime Minister Chretien was reluctant to talk about the investigation this
> > afternoon, but said police had no new information.
> >
> > He said right now "security people are looking to find out who these people
> > are and where they were coming from.''
> >
> > The prime minister said the government has no indication they used Canada to
> > get into the U.S. But he concedes "it is a possibility.''
> >
> > A senior government official said the RCMP are co-ordinating the massive
> > probe.
> >
> > The Boston Globe reported that one suspect's luggage contained a copy of the
> > Quran, an instructional video on flying commercial airliners and a fuel
> > consumption calculator.
> >
> > Officials caution the information, including raw intelligence, is still
> > developing and they won't say if they've asked Canadian authorities for help.
> >
> > FBI Special Agent Charles Prouty would not confirm the report at a morning
> > briefing.
> >
> > In Portland, a company which sells tickets for a ferry run between Portland
> > and Yarmouth, N.S., gave passenger lists to U.S. officials.
> >
> > Mitch Maclean, president of the company that sells tickets for Scotia Prince
> > Ferries, said Wednesday that he's providing information on who was aboard the
> > ferry to the U.S. Customs agency.
> >
> > "We're doing a list for U.S. customs for everybody who has travelled for the
> > past 10 days,'' he said.''
> >
> > He said the company has no idea if the suspects in the terrorist attacks were
> > aboard the Scotia Princess. "There are up to 600 people a day coming aboard
> > in a pretty fast process every day,'' he said.
> >
> > MacLean said security has been tightened at the terminal since the attacks.
> > "The uncertainty of who caused what has everybody being very cautious.''
> >
> > Rick Wilson, the manager of the Bay Ferries terminal where passengers buy
> > tickets, said his staff haven't noticed anything unusual in the last two
> > weeks.
> >
> > The company checks passports and immigration documents but the passengers
> > clear U.S. customs when they arrive in Portland.
> >
> > Wilson said the passenger lists were handed over early Wednesday morning.
> >
> > "If the photos (of suspects) were ever supplied my staff may or may not be
> > able to pick anything out,'' he said. "We're anticipating lots of changes.
> > We've tightened security.''
> >
> > U.S. attorney Jim Farmer says any statements might jeopardize future
> > prosecutions.
> >
> > The FBI is also developing intelligence linking the suspected attackers to a
> > band of Canadian sympathizers of Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden.
> >
> > Some are thought to be of Algerian origin, and are suspected of planning an
> > unsuccessful terrorist attack on U.S. soil during the millennium
> > celebrations.
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