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FBI warns of Islamic State threat to Mississippi River bridge
Posted on 12/23/14 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 12/23/14 at 4:22 pm
May not be nothing, but if you was going to have to cross it you might want to take another route.
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(Reuters) - The FBI has warned local authorities of a threat that Islamic State militants would blow up the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge spanning the Mississippi River, an agency spokesman said on Tuesday. The bridge is a major route connecting Tennessee and Arkansas. The Federal Bureau of Investigation passed the threat on to local police in a bulletin out of an "abundance of caution," spokesman Chris Allen said. "This is an unsubstantiated, anonymous threat," he said, adding that there was no useful intelligence arising from it. Allen had no details on when the threat was received or how. The warning was reported by Fox13 News in Memphis. The television station quoted the FBI warning as saying that according to an anonymous tipster, Islamic State had instructed a person in Memphis "to blow up the Memphis-Arkansas bridge on an unknown date, activating ISIS terror cells in the United States."
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Posted on 12/23/14 at 4:25 pm to JCinBAMA
Will have to cross it twice next week. Maybe they'll wait a bit.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 4:40 pm to JCinBAMA
They said yesterday that there was nothing to worry about with this and it was just a randomly leaked tip or something.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 4:46 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
Is this the bridge? If it is it looks old.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 4:48 pm to JCinBAMA
That's a pic of the old bridge. We have 2 bridges.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 5:15 pm to JCinBAMA
That would definitely be an easy, soft target to hit.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 5:53 pm to JCinBAMA
These guys could really attack anywhere. That's why I've taken it upon myself to guard the most important point in my town. Sittin outside Wal-Mart right now. Thank god Kansas is an open carry state. IS ain't gonna know what hit 'em.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 6:48 pm to JCinBAMA
Just looked out my window. Bridge is still here.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 6:53 pm to Patton
Isis wouldn't bother bombing Memphis, it already looks like someone beat them to it.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 7:00 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Hey, I'll have you know I live on the top floor of the nicest high rise in Memphis. It's not that bad.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 7:05 pm to KSGamecock
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Hey, I'll have you know I live on the top floor of the nicest high rise in Memphis. It's not that bad.
That's like bragging about dating the most flexible quadriplegic
Posted on 12/23/14 at 7:11 pm to KSGamecock
Did you put your dentures in to type that?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 7:14 pm to JCinBAMA
Well. Guess I'll take the other route home tomorrow, through Illinois instead.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:11 pm to KSGamecock
When the nicest high rise is considered "not that bad' you know the city is shitty.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:11 pm to deltaland
He lives in Kansas. Just saying.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:14 pm to Rebelgator
Bish I thrive in Kansas.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:18 pm to KSGamecock
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