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2007-08-05 Great White North

Canada: Landmines found in creek [culvert]

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Posted by mrp 2007-08-05 10:52|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 Pure speculation - Culverts are choke-points for vehicular traffic, particularly LE/EMS cars/trucks responding to a terrorist attack.

Posted by mrp 2007-08-05 11:44|| 2007-08-05 11:44|| Front Page Top

#2 This is just plain odd. Anti tank mines with timers close enough to the water to cause spray? Add to that that the first mine was found, so must have been exposed in some way.

Does not make sense.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-05 13:32|| 2007-08-05 13:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Anon, there's a picture of one of the mines en place in the linked article. They were apparently in the water inside the culvert, not buried in the roadway.

As for the timers, it is my understanding that modern mines manufactured in Western, democratic countries now include fuses incorporating de-activation timers. If the mines found are of current manufacture, that would certainly preclude their being washed-out WWII training weapons.

Posted by mrp 2007-08-05 13:45|| 2007-08-05 13:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Could be a diversion, test, or message.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-08-05 13:48|| 2007-08-05 13:48|| Front Page Top

#5 "The creek is popular with families, so police suspect the mines were put there to maim and kill, . . ."

"This area is typically occupied by children, who come here to play,"

Does this remind you of a Religion of Peace?

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-08-05 14:07|| 2007-08-05 14:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Does this remind you of a Religion of Peace?

It does remind me of the Religion of Pieces.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-08-05 15:32|| 2007-08-05 15:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Did these mines have traces of goat hair?
Did they smell as if someone had recently ate couscous?
Did they look as if the wiring had been done by some missing his right hand?
Were there any footprints made with sandals?

These are the questions the Mounties need to answer.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-08-05 16:45|| 2007-08-05 16:45|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd say It's damned odd Sgt. McKensie.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-08-05 20:48|| 2007-08-05 20:48|| Front Page Top

#9 mrp.
Good point. I looked at the map of Strathroy and there seemed to be too many access roads to make that a practical tactic.
There was, years ago, a situation near a small town in Indiana--can't find report--of explosives in large quantity found under a bridge.

Just for fun, check out small towns around the country, see how many have, one, few access roads which are, two, cut by streams across them near the town. And in the midwest, in spring guaranteed and possibly in the fall, the fields are impassable, even for tracked vehicles.

Now, if you figured some guys who wanted to do something like, say, rob the banks at leisure and escape to enjoy their success, it would seem pretty stupid to cut off the town until the nearest Guard choppers landed. It would be delaying the inevitable, presuming the cops and citizens didn't take care of business first.

If the guys had some other goal including dying, that could be different.

Posted by Richard Aubrey">Richard Aubrey 2007-08-05 23:38|| 2007-08-05 23:38|| Front Page Top

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