Northern Ireland – Police shut down a major highway and a small airport in Belfast on Monday because of two bomb threats, hours before President Bush was to arrive in Northern Ireland for an Iraq war summit. Bush’s plans were not affected by the threats because he was not scheduled to use the highway and was flying into a different airport. Police said a telephone caller claiming to represent Irish Republican Army dissidents warned that a bomb was in the terminal at Belfast City Airport, in east Belfast. The threat, delivered in the name of the Real IRA, forced police to shut a major road near the airport for about two hours, snarling morning rush-hour traffic. Police declared the threat a hoax after finding nothing suspicious, and both the road and airport reopened. Full Story
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