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Richie Waves · 08-01-2012, 11:11 AM

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U.S. officials apologized today for mistakenly leaving a fake bomb attached to an embassy vehicle in Oslo and causing a bomb scare that led to the evacuation of the U.S. embassy, Norway's royal palace and part of downtown Oslo.

The device had been placed beneath an embassy vehicle as part of a security drill and then mistakenly left there. It was spotted by security guards at the embassy's front entrance when someone tried to drive the vehicle onto embassy grounds just after 11 a.m. local time, triggering the evacuation of the embassy and the palace, the cancellation of an international children's soccer game nearby, and an interruption of nearby subway train traffic.

Deputy State Dept. spokesperson Patrick Ventrell confirmed that the device had been used in a previous drill and then forgotten.

"This morning at our U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway," said Ventrell, "Embassy security staff identified a suspicious device in an Embassy-owned vehicle and took appropriate precautions. Upon investigation, the device was determined to be a non-threatening training device previously used in an exercise."

"We regret any disruption caused by this incident not only for visitors to the Embassy and others, but neighbors, and we take any potential threat seriously and respond immediately."

Sorry About the Fake Bomb - ABC News

Juliet Starling · 08-01-2012, 11:33 AM

Jahar Aabye · 08-01-2012, 04:56 PM

On the bright side, it sounds like the guards and staff reacted properly to what amounted to an unexpected drill. What would really have been disturbing is if the car and fake bomb had been allowed to drive in and the fakenbomb was discovered underneath the car hours later.

Wrong Weatherwax · 08-01-2012, 05:10 PM

Mr Twine · 08-01-2012, 05:14 PM

Not to nit-pick at the title, but it wasn't at the Norwegian embassy. It was at the U.S. embassy in Oslo. Which it says in the quote, but still.

Innula Zenovka · 08-01-2012, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jahar Aabye

On the bright side, it sounds like the guards and staff reacted properly to what amounted to an unexpected drill.

While that is doubtless reassuring, I'm not quite certain all the Norwegians who were possibly alarmed, and certainly inconvenienced, by the incident will see it that way.

**Void** · 08-02-2012, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Richie Waves

Sorry About the Fake Bomb - ABC News

so the security drill failed, but actual security work as intended... I'm not sure how I feel about that.

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Originally Posted by Wrong Weatherwax

I'm torn... shoud I go with "For Great Justice" or "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" or maybe just, "Epic Failure in Progress"

Yoshiko Fazuku · 08-02-2012, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Void

so the security drill failed, but actual security work as intended... I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I'm torn... shoud I go with "For Great Justice" or "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" or maybe just, "Epic Failure in Progress"

I say TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG!!!

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Mr Twine Senior Member Why are you downside up? Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 429	Not to nit-pick at the title, but it wasn't at the Norwegian embassy. It was at the U.S. embassy in Oslo. Which it says in the quote, but still.

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