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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas a bomb threat ever resulted in a bombing?
Is there ever a case where someone called in a bomb threat and a bomb was later found?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)They had codes set up with the authorities so they would know the calls were genuine.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)...bomb threat in the U.S. ever led to a bomb being found or exploding?
jeff47
(26,549 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)jeff47
(26,549 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)It doesn't make sense to me to call it in.
MADem
(135,425 posts)to minimize injury or worse.
I remember being in London during those times. It was very matter-of-fact when they'd clear out a tube station or where-ever; people were very alert to "unattended packages" well before we became sensitized to that over here.
Nancyswidower
(182 posts)Centennial Olympic Park bombing....was called in
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)20 minutes prior to the Atlanta Olympics bombing. They also said that said that warning calls are sometimes made by someone close to the perpetrator who is aware of a plot and doesn't want anyone to get hurt.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)And then you get to explain to dozens of families why you let their children die.
Some chances are not worth taking.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)I hope you are not involved the schools my children go to.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)It's not as if evacuations don't carry an element of risk in themselves.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)of a bomb".
It seems neither were credible. I am not sure what is involved in determining credible vs not credible, but I'll leave that to those who know better.
Logical
(22,457 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Or like making a specious analogy in place of a valid response, my valued little friend.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)You want to hand ISIS a way to disrupt shit, good for you.
NYC handled it great!
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Well, good for you, too!
Logical
(22,457 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)I basically agreed with you upthread.
Go find someone else to fuck with, I'm done here.
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)It seemed like once a month the police and FBI would be outside the office on Amsterdam Ave (?) opening our lunch bags and "frisking the sandwiches" and us. Naturally this made all of us late to work.
sanatanadharma
(3,728 posts)In late 1960's or early 1970's , anti-war leftist radicals bombed buildings connected to the war machine.
They phoned warnings ahead wanting the buildings evacuated.
"The bombing campaign mostly targeted government buildings, along with several banks. Most were preceded by evacuation warnings, along with communiqués identifying the particular matter that the attack was intended to protest. No people were killed in any of their acts of property destruction"
onenote
(42,759 posts)Based on the theory that no one actually intending to set off a bomb would send an advance warning of the act should any and all such threats be ignored? If not, which ones should be taken seriously and what should the authorities do in response to the threat?
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)And if you read posts in this thread, you will see several times when people gave advanced warning.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)It was at a woman's health clinic and a bomb threat was called in for a device inside the building.
The place was evacuated and there was no bomb found, but there was a bomb strategically placed outside
the building (in a dumpster, I believe), meant to inflict causalities on first responders.
The tactic itself is/was a common one used by terrorists abroad.
Action_Patrol
(845 posts)HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)They got them all the time around exams. They marched the kids outside. Police and Security searched the building and then issued an all clear. Students went back to classes. We did have Terror Drills 30 miles from Ground Zero after 9/11 but didn't tell the kids what kind of drills they were. Older kids KNEW what they were. Police Cars drove around the school during these drills.
When I worked in Florida schools we had Lockdown drills for shooter on campus. Two real ones. Went through the drill procedure, which didn't end after a few minutes. Principal called on radio that it was real. The little children got scared when they realized it was real. The other time with older kids they more or less took it in stride. Both affected the parents far more than the kids. I suppose if all the teachers were armed, class could have just continued? lol Florida tried that one recently after Sandy Hook which got a resounding NO from both Parents and Teachers.
Thirties Child
(543 posts)MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)It contained secret police files and evidence, which was the target of the bombing, so I don't know if that is properly called "terrorism" in that the intent was not to harm anyone, but a lot of people died.
Three warning calls were made before the attack. At 12:22 the first call was made, in both Hebrew and English, to a telephone operator on the hotel's switchboard. It was ignored.
At 12:27, the second warning call was made to the French Consulate adjacent to the hotel to the north-east. This second call was taken seriously, and staff went through the building opening windows and closing curtains to lessen the impact of the blast.
At 12:31 a third and final warning call to the Palestine Post newspaper was made. The telephone operator called the Palestine Police CID to report the message. She then called the hotel switchboard. The hotel operator reported the threat to one of the hotel managers, but they ignored it, again.
The bombs went off at 12:37.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)Did anyone take responsibility? Was anyone caught?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)uppityperson
(115,679 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Yes, a few times in fact. Most not in the United States though