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blackout was caused by a fire in a Pennsylvania Nuclear Power station
by Mark Robinson Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 at 3:10 AM
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for Pittsburgh Indymedia : CTV reports the Canadian Defence Minister stating that the blackout was caused by a fire in a Pennsylvania Nuclear Power station

National Defence Minister John McCallum raised eyebrows when he told reporters in a conference call Thursday evening the trigger event was a fire at a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.

Why wasn't this announcement at a press conference call that a fire at a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania triggered the blackouts not seen on any other news outlets in Canada or the US? Go to the link below to hear the entire audio by Canada's Defence Minister John McCallum.

www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1060920213004_19///?hub=TopStories

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I did hear about it Stephen Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 at 9:01 AM
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