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2008-02-10 Britain

Oil Rig Off UK Evacuated After Bomb Alert

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Posted by lotp 2008-02-10 08:07|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Should be an interesting follow up.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2008-02-10 09:24|| 2008-02-10 09:24|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a hoax. Officials said the incident was quickly contained, however, and there was no need to send in a bomb squad.
Sky News said the evacuation followed a bomb threat, apparently made by a woman on board, but officials would not confirm the nature of the security alert. Sky later quoted sources as saying the episode was being treated as a hoax.
A police spokeswoman said the incident had been "very quickly contained from a police point of view". Nobody had been arrested, she said.
The Ministry of Defence in London was preparing to send a bomb disposal team but a spokesman said later the bomb squad had been stood down.

Posted by GK 2008-02-10 11:40|| 2008-02-10 11:40|| Front Page Top

#3 she should be made too pay for all those ppl who went too rescue them

Posted by sinse 2008-02-10 14:19|| 2008-02-10 14:19|| Front Page Top

#4 . . .a woman aboard the rig had come under suspicion . . .

I wonder if she has a name?

Posted by Halliburton - Hyperbolic Idiot Detection Service 2008-02-10 17:31|| 2008-02-10 17:31|| Front Page Top

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