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Suspicious Containers Close Portions of D.C. Streets
   posted 3:06 pm Thu August 14, 2008 - WASHINGTON
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Authorities have closed portions of two downtown Washington streets as they investigate the discovery of several containers carrying an unknown substance.

D.C. fire department spokesman Alan Etter says the containers were found on a sidewalk midday Thursday at the corner of 15th and I streets. Hazmat crews are working to determine what is inside the containers and who put them there. Etter says two blocks of Vermont Avenue and 15th Street have been closed. 

ABC 7/NewsChannel 8 iWitness Sara Diaz sent photos of the investigation.

The photos show what appears to be six five-gallon containers surrounding a backpack and a duffel bag.

A Spanish-language bible appears to be resting on top one of the containers.

The air around the containers tested negative and there are no reports of illnesses or injuries at this time. People in the area are being asked to stay inside as a precaution, but no evacuation has been ordered.

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It was a Spanish service in a makeshift church! The parishioners brought the containers as seats, but seeing how the preaching was done in Spanish, passer-bys thought they were illegal alien "invaders", up to no good. Not that ICE actually showed up, just Hispanics fleeing, afraid that they would be hauled in and someone would demand to see their "papers, please".

The Department of Homeland Security, throughly confused that it had nothing to do with airplanes, has kept quiet and will release an announcement in two weeks that they somehow saved half of the Earth from exploding. The "terrorists" that participated in the act should promptly turn themselves in for deportation, no matter if they are U.S. citizens or legal residents. If not, DHS will threaten to erect a border wall around Washington D.C., waiving all regulations about blocking public streets, waterways, and private property in the face of "National Security".

Thank You for your attention, and try to keep the right amount of vigilante in your vigilance...

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