2011 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:14:36 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: Half of Koblenz (Germany) evacuated
 
[I usually don't report on incidents where unexploded ordnance is found in civilian areas, but this one sounds big. - LS]

Half of German City to be Evacuated as Massive WWII Bomb Defused

NewsCore
Fox News
December 1, 2011

Bomb experts in the German city of Koblenz are working out how to defuse a massive World War II-era bomb that surfaced in the Rhine River due to low water levels.

Almost half of all the residents in the western city -- about 45,000 residents -- will be evacuated from their homes while the bomb is made safe Sunday, Der Spiegel reported.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/01/half-german-city-to-be- evacuated-as-massive-wwii-bomb-defused/?test=latestnews

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