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Southern California port was closed off for several hours Monday afternoon while authorities investigated a possible terrorist threat on a cargo ship, authorities said.
The closure at the Port of Hueneme in Ventura County came just before noon after a dockworker discovered a threat written in the cargo hold of a ship carrying bananas from Guatemala, said Will Berg, the port's marketing director.
There was some discrepancy in the exact phrasing of the message.
Berg said it read: "This nitro is for you Mr. George W. Bush and your Jewish cronies."
Federal authorities said it read: "Nitro + glycerin my gift for G. W. Bush and his Jewish gang."
The message, scrawled in marker on a metal pillar within the ship, was being investigated by federal authorities, including the FBI and Secret Service, as well as local officials.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said agents were at the scene. No nitroglycerine or other explosives were found during a thorough search by bomb personnel, she said.
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