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2007-11-03 Home Front: WoT

Arizona nuke plant sealed off after pipe bomb found

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-11-03 04:26|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Contractors, why do they ha...., ok, I won't say it.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-11-03 09:47|| 2007-11-03 09:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Let's please hope that there is some way of getting this maroon permanently blacklisted from all nuclear facilities. Even if there was no malign intent, the sheer stupidity of bringing explosives into a nuclear facility casts fatal doubt upon that person's overall competence.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-03 10:46|| 2007-11-03 10:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Could have just been a local..... Reconquista reenactor.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-11-03 10:49|| 2007-11-03 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 One article I saw on this yesterday said the gentleman was a long term contractor, aged sixty, who normally rode his motorcycle to work. I don't recall if the truck was even his, or if he'd borrowed it. But at any rate, he immediately gave the authorities permission to search his home and belongings without demanding a search warrant or a lawyer. I haven't looked since, but the man may be both innocent and unaware of the thing.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-11-03 11:12|| 2007-11-03 11:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably a pipefitter..... who also likes fireworks.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-11-03 11:17|| 2007-11-03 11:17|| Front Page Top

#6 That was my take, TW. I'm guessing someone didn't much care for him or wanted his job for their buddy.

Posted by lotp 2007-11-03 11:21|| 2007-11-03 11:21|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't recall if the truck was even his, or if he'd borrowed it. But at any rate, he immediately gave the authorities permission to search his home and belongings without demanding a search warrant or a lawyer.

That certainly casts things in a different light. The poor sucker is probably still toast unless a search of whoever owns the truck turns up connecting evidence.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-03 11:49|| 2007-11-03 11:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Seems like yesterday was national pipe bomb day...
Oceanside man faces explosives charges in I-5 shutdown

I think the bomb itself was kind of a dud but it sure goofed up the traffic on I-5.

Posted by Abu Uluque6305 2007-11-03 11:57|| 2007-11-03 11:57|| Front Page Top

#9 I know - I got caught in that yesterday, stuck at the Genesee/I-5 ramp - I have the road-widening project at Genesee/Scripps

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-11-03 12:02|| 2007-11-03 12:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Anybody obstructs traffic in southern California runs the risk of a public lynching. Police custody is his only hope.

Posted by lotp 2007-11-03 13:03|| 2007-11-03 13:03|| Front Page Top

#11 More here. Names are named. Sheriff Joe is quoted. It does sound, as tw says, as if there's less than meets the eye. Maybe someone intended to kill the guy. Maybe it was a prank by a friend or enemy.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-11-03 14:23|| 2007-11-03 14:23|| Front Page Top

#12 Road rage with a pipe bomb is just not acceptable behavior in the US, yet. We will let Sheriff Joe sort it out.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-11-03 14:24|| 2007-11-03 14:24|| Front Page Top

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