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| Feds Have Pipe Bomb Leads |
| 2002-05-04 |
| Federal authorities said Saturday they had some leads into who may have planted the pipe bombs that exploded in six rural mailboxes in Illinois and Iowa, but they didn't know if one person was responsible or if several people were involved. My guess is still one... Officials described it as an act of domestic terrorism. Hmm. Yeah. Bombs in mailboxes, I'd call that terrorism, whether it's domestic or imported. In all, eight devices were found on Friday, said Thomas Ahearn, spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms office in Chicago. Four postal workers and two residents were injured in the explosions, but none had life-threatening injuries. Guess loss of a few fingers isn't life-threatening. Inconvenient, though. FBI special agent Jim Bogner said at a news conference Saturday that authorities have some promising leads, and he invited whoever was responsible to contact the FBI. There are some large men with truncheons who want to talk to him. "We want to assure him he has our attention and we want to understand what the situation is, because apparently he has some grievances," Bogner said. "He has our attention and we want to listen now. It's a much better option to exercise than planting bombs and injuring people who have nothing to do with these grievances." The "grievances" are stock kiddy-yammer about how the mean ol' government controls his desires. The world doesn't understand him, 'cause he's so much more sensitive than the rest of us. If Mom'd let him use the car to go to Washington, he'd assassinate somebody. Wotta clod. A map of marking the bombs forms a jagged circle around the Missisippi River in the northeast corner of Iowa and western edge of Illinois. And Sonny's house is probably right in the middle, 'cause he's a criminal mastermind. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 As a follow-up, FoxNews showed the map of the Nebraska bombs and they're laid out in a circle, too. Looks like he's holed up and then goes for a drive when he puts one of the explosives together. Here's hoping one goes off in his car. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-05-04 18:55:27 |
| #1 Today there were more of them in Nebraska. As a postal worker, I hope they catch the perp(s) and put him/them on ice for a long, long time. Say, until the New York Yankees finish last for ten years in a row... |
| Posted by: BarCodeKing 2002-05-04 18:14:41 |