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| American Arrested at Victoria Ferry Dock with Pipe Bomb |
| 2005-07-15 |
| EFL A 39-year-old U.S. man, travelling with his daughter, has been charged with possessing an explosive device after allegedly carrying a homemade pipe bomb in his truck on a ferry to Victoria from Port Angeles, Washington. Canada Border Services Agency officers examined his truck and found a suspicious device in the glove box – a 7Âœ-centimetre brass pipe that was capped on each end and had a 15-centimetre green fuse-like string glued to one end. The man, who lives in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah, was to appear in court in Victoria on Wednesday afternoon . |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Maybe he's a hillbilly that was sick of wasting American mailboxes and was headed crossborder for a touch of strange. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-07-15 13:02 |
| #6 Mebbe it was 7.5 millimeters, just over 1/4", instead of 7.5 centimeters - or 3". 75 mm was the size of a Sherman tank shell. Durn metric system! Sloppy reporters! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-15 11:31 |
| #5 Update: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/232751_pipebomb15.html "Corp. Tom Seaman of the Mounties said the device was the size of a small pen, too small to be a threat to the ferry or any building." |
| Posted by: Neutron Tom 2005-07-15 10:25 |
| #4 Someday, in Canada, they won't have to use a separate dock but will be allowed to use the same dock as everyone else. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2005-07-15 09:40 |
| #3 At least he was headed to Canada. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-07-15 08:47 |
| #2 Be he ELF goon, "good lad", caliphate dreamer, or McVeigh junior, he's definitely an idiot and for that alone he deserves a good legal smack. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-07-15 08:42 |
| #1 since they didn't give his name, I guess we can assume ... |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-07-15 08:27 |