Spanish Airport Closed After Bomb Hoax

(AP)  Spanish police acting on what appears to have been a hoax telephoned bomb threat evacuated Ibiza airport Saturday and safely destroyed a suspicious bag in a controlled explosion, the Interior Ministry said.

After the warning, police evacuated and searched the airport, found two suspicious items — a shoe box and a rucksack in the airport car park — and destroyed the bag. The shoe box was searched by a remote-controlled robot and found to be empty, the ministry said.

A telephoned warning had been received by Basque newspaper Gara, which the violent Basque separatist group ETA often uses as a conduit for bomb warnings.

A spokeswoman for the AENA airport authority, which controls Spain's airports, said that by Saturday afternoon the airport had returned to normal. Around 13,000 travelers were affected by flight disruptions caused by the airport's temporary closure, she said.

Incoming flights were diverted to other Spanish airports or were kept circling, she said.

Ibiza is one of Spain's best known holiday destinations and attracts tens of thousands of summer vacationers.

The telephone threat was made just weeks after ETA called off a 15-month cease-fire, blaming the government for refusing to make concessions in the peace process and warning it was once again becoming active "on all fronts."

Fears have been growing that renewed ETA violence was imminent, particularly after Civil Guards found a car near the southern Spanish town of Ayamonte loaded with more than 220 pounds of explosive material, detonators, timers and a bomb-making manual in the Basque language.

ETA, whose name stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom, has killed more than 800 people since 1968 in its campaign for a separate Basque state. It is classified as a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union.

[lars008-2009]

non muslims of the world unite... fight againt the tyranny of terrorslam empire of the darkside...

FASCIST NAZI ISLAM TO ENSLAVE NON MUSLIM WORLD

HAMAS MICKEY MOUSE SAYS
Islamic rule will benefit Christians and Jews
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook - May 14, 2007
The force behind Hamas TV%u2019s controversial Mickey Mouse clone said today that his children%u2019s television program will continue to promote worldwide Islamic supremacy, for everyone's benefit, including Christians and Jews.

In a long interview on Hamas TV, Hazim Al-Sha%u2019arawi, Deputy Director of Al-Aqsa TV and one of the creators of the Hamas children%u2019s TV show Tomorrow%u2019s Pioneers, said that using the program to promote Islamic rule over other religions is actually promoting %u201Cjustice, goodness and world love.%u201D

Al-Aqsa TV and the Palestinian Authority have been under fire since PMW reported last week that Tomorrow%u2019s Pioneers was using a character named Farfur, a knockoff of Disney%u2019s Mickey Mouse character, to convey messages about Islamic supremacy as well as hatred of Jews, Israel and the U.S. Despite public statements by PA Minister of Information Mustafa Barghouti that the show would be taken off the air until it could be reviewed and revised, a new episode of the program %u2013 featuring Al-Sha%u2019arawi as one of the hosts %u2013 ran Friday.

http://pmw.org.il/bulletins_may2007.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S995NCeaUg

[radiob-2009]

janem4

A subtle touch at humour?

[feelfree1]

Re: "Spanish police acting on what appears to have been a hoax..."

There seem to be no shortage of 'terror' hoaxes to go around. Just look at some of the absurd articles on this CBS site!

[bluestardad]

Have you ever noticed that when something doesn't go right for this administration, there's a terrorist threat in the U.K.? Every single time. Immigration Bill didn't go his way + Republican Senators defected = U.K. Terrorist Attacks. Like clock work.
Posted by mdc76082 at 02:53 PM : Jun 30, 2007


GREAT POST! GOOD INSIGHT! KEEP POSTING LARS WILL TRY TO BUMP YOU OFF THE FIRST PAGE WITH HIS RERUN BABBLE BUT HE CANNOT SILENCE YOU ! SPEAK OUT! WRITE THE MEDIA TOO!

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