Friday, February 10, 2006

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TOO late, Osama. The plot to blow up the US Bank Tower in central Los Angeles has already been carried out — by the aliens in Independence Day . It was the first building to be destroyed by the extraterrestrial invaders in the 1996 film starring Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum. Terrorist threats are always uncomfortable for Los Angeles.

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