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| Grenades Explode at Venezuelan Building | |
| 2004-09-21 | |
Several grenades exploded in an office building owned by the Dutch Shell Oil Co. in western Venezuela, injuring a security guard, police said Tuesday. Several grenades were thrown into the office building Sunday night in Maracaibo, 500 kilometers west of Caracas, said Federal Police Chief Ildefonso Urdaneta. The grenades did not reach the inside of the building and caused only minor damage, Urdaneta said. Only a few guards were in the building, which was being redecorated. No arrests were made. But Urdaneta said leaflets left at the site were signed by a group that says it opposes the changes being made in the building because it is a historic landmark.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I bet we didn't fun into many ELF activists in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-21 9:26:02 PM |
| #2 Fred, I've had extensive work in replacing/ retrofitting historic structures, mostly bridges, but some rail structures and buildings. The environmental review process always looks for a preferred alternative - quite possbily a "grenade-damaged, but exquisitely redecorated building" was the preferred alternative in their version of NEPA documentation? oh, and /sarcasm |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-21 7:30:37 PM |
| #1 ...leaflets left at the site were signed by a group that says it opposes the changes being made in the building because it is a historic landmark. "We wish to save the historic landmark by destroying it..." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-09-21 7:12:18 PM |