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dusty · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject: Plastic explosives stolen

Now we have a few hundred pounds of Plastic Explosive, blasting caps and primer cord stolen in New Mexico.

The news report I just saw on Fox said that authorities said there is no evidence of terrorists being involved.
Excuse me? What do they think someone would steal all this high power explosive for? Blowing stumps out of their pasture?
They will find this stuff after it's done it's work if they keep that attitude.

Dusty

note: I edited to reflect a reduced no. of pound of explosive stolen.
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dusty · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:45 pm Post subject:

There are only a few things that trigger 'terrorist paranoia' in me #1.

The theft of a large amount of very serious explosive however just happens to be one of them.

The crash of a small seaplane, I'll wait for the results of an investigation.

Dusty
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BuffaloJack · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject:

Dusty: This seaplane crash doesn't meet my personal defination of a crash. The plane exploded, a wing was blown off, and photo's taken by people on the ground show the wreckage streaming towards the sea below in a fireball plummeting from the sky.
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PhantomSgt · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject:

Tis the Christmas Season and enough plastique went missing to blow up your local Walmart or Mall. Of course the store or mall security forces are well equipped to detect and intercept terrorists at the entrance.

Last Christmas Season I could visualize a terrorist loading a van with bottles of propane gas and driving into the center court of a mall. He could then open one bottle and light a flame. I'm having the same vision this year with an explosive that is ten thousand times more powerful.

Of course there is no evidence the explosives were stolen by terrorists according to government sources.

So far we have seen a large quantity of dynamite missing, a couple of tanker trucks stolen, other associated bomb making materials unaccounted for and now the ultimate prize for your typical terrorist bomber.

Al Qaeda has a pattern of using multiple simultaneous attacks and now the resources are out there for that to happen in a big way.

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Me#1You#10 · Site Admin Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 6503

Jack, what I see is a 50+ year old aircraft, heavily laden with both passengers, cargo and fuel suggesting the possibility of structural fatigue, fuel leakage, subsequent fire and wing separation...a much higher liklihood than terrorist activity. Yet the media, in many reports I've heard, feel compelled to at least mention (if not just to merely discount) the "T" word.

I find this to be troubling. Perhaps it's just me.

I B Squidly · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject:

Drudge reported how in addition to explosive THOUSANDS of detonators went missing.

I love how know one's sure what happened, who may or may not be involved but, They're not Terrorists!
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