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| Finnish police discover over 400 lbs. of explosives at race track |
| 2004-04-23 |
| Finnish police have reportedly seized over 200 kilograms of illegal explosives at the parking place of the Vermo trotting-track in Espoo, just outside Helsinki. The police had reportedly made the finding in a trailer that had been parked near the trotting track. The police suspected that this was the largest amount of illegal explosives ever seized in Finland. According to the Finnish news agency STT, the police did not yet know when, why or by whom the explosives were brought to the parking place. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #9 Agreed, Frank. WTF are they talking about? Legit "domestic" users get their explosives legitimately, not from some guy selling them out of a trailer in a parking lot. Lessee, they got (hopefully all of) those guys who were going to blow up that football match in Manchester. Now this find at a racetrack. I think if I was attending any sporting events this weekend, I'd be extra observant. |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2004-04-23 7:15:20 PM |
| #8 400# down, 1000 to go. And hopefully not boom. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2u 2004-04-23 7:14:42 PM |
| #7 "Most likely this was a distribution center, and the explosives would have been sold from here in smaller amounts" Can I get a dime bag and a couple .OZ's of dynamite? And don't step on it too harsh, man! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-23 6:36:01 PM |
| #6 More info on the explosives: Police said terrorist motives could not be ruled out, but that the explosives were more likely intended for the domestic market, to be sold in small quantities. "Most likely this was a distribution center, and the explosives would have been sold from here in smaller amounts," Espoo Police Inspector Rauli Salonen said. Police said the trailer, parked next to horse racing track, contained some 175 kilograms of commercial explosives based on ammonium nitrate, and 15 kilograms of dynamite, or a mixture of dynamite and ammonium nitrate, as well as detonators. The explosives have been handed over to the military for investigation, police said. "They've told us, after investigating the contents, that all of the explosives were in working order," Salonen said. http://framehosting.dowjonesnews.com/sample/samplestory.asp?StoryID=2004042316290007&Take=1 |
| Posted by: TS 2004-04-23 6:23:47 PM |
| #5 Three gets you 11 on Al Q in the 3rd if the track is soft. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-23 4:14:03 PM |
| #4 Gee - Didn't the Finnish Prime Minister make some idiotic remark about the policy of the U S a few days ago? But really the answer is : Racial profiling of blonde people by the al-Qaeda. Exposed hair on a woman is sin, remember? . . . That explains your line, Steve . . . |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-23 3:18:23 PM |
| #3 That's ok Steve, my compass has only two directions on it: north and not-north. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-04-23 3:16:28 PM |
| #2 Err, west to east. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-23 2:25:57 PM |
| #1 Explosives stolen in Norway, Islamic suspects arrested in Sweden and now explosives found in Finland. May not be connected, but that looks like a straight line east to west to me. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-23 2:25:25 PM |