Suspected 'speed camera' guerrilla blows himself up

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | May 28, 2008 | Henry Samuel

[PROCON]

A Frenchman suspected of involvement in a wave of attacks against speed cameras near Paris had both hands blown off this morning when his home-made bomb exploded in his flat. Police said his condition was critical.

Interior minister Michèle Alliot-Marie said “multiple clues” pointed to the 41-year old postal worker being linked to the Nationalist Revolutionary Army Faction (Fnar), a shadowy “guerrilla” group which has claimed responsibility for destroying dozens of speed traps.

Investigators say the man exclaimed: “I am from the Fnar” when firemen arrived at his flat in Clichy-La-Garenne, west of Paris.

[steveo]

What kind of a bomb was it?

[PROCON]

What kind of a bomb was it?

Smart bomb? :-)

[Man50D]

So much for fingerprints.

[Fox_Mulder77]

“I am from the Fnar”

[Grizzled Bear]

When he needs the toilet he’s going to find out who his friends really are.

[Perdogg]

G Gordon Liddy use urge his listeners to shoot out the stop light cameras when he was on WJFK.

[OB1kNOb]

Well, you have to hand it to the guy...........or not.

[Doogle]

Investigators say the man exclaimed: “I am from the Fnar” when firemen arrived at his flat in Clichy-La-Garenne, west of Paris.

...it was reported also he asked, "please scratch my itchy nose and wipe my _ _ _, but do use different fingers from different hands".....

[Clay Moore]

“When he needs the toilet he’s going to find out who his friends really are.”

Or just scoot around on the ground like a dog...

[sinanju]

“The Fnar had stepped up their campaign in recent months, with the latest occurring two weeks ago about 40 miles northwest of Paris.

It had reportedly demanded four million euros to halt the attacks, as well as a “total stop to immigration,” tax cuts, less rigorous enforcement of the law on the roads and state control of essential commodity prices and rent.”

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Pretty darn incoherent and contradictory as manifestos go...

[Gondring]

I can agree with the Fnar’s campaign for tax cuts.

The push for a total stop to immigration might please many.

But the state price controls, support of Hitler, etc., are deal-breakers. :-)

[xJones]

The local mayor said that 12 sticks of dynamite were found in his apartment and ping pong balls that are used to increase the strength of an explosion.

From that I would guess that the bomb that blew his hands off was dynamite based. Interesting that both he and a second man arrested in this are both French postal workers.

[sinanju]

“The local mayor said that 12 sticks of dynamite were found in his apartment and ping pong balls that are used to increase the strength of an explosion.”

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Ping pong balls? Now THERE’S a job for “Mythbusters!”

[Hot Tabasco]

Thats sad, now who is going to pick his nose for him?

[Gondring]

Pretty darn incoherent and contradictory as manifestos go...

Not really. Very National Socialist...sorta like Francis Bellamy or Adolf Hitler. (And no Godwin's Law here!)

[Jet Jaguar]

ping.

[BipolarBob]

Or just scoot around on the ground like a dog...

That's going to be one nasty carpet after about a year.

[Dumpster Baby]

"Doc, am I going to be able to play the piano with my new hands?"

"Sure."

"Great! I never could before!"

[fieldmarshaldj]

“Hey, look, Ma !”

[Kay Ludlow]

So this is a supporter of capitalism and freedom, who has adopted Lenin’s tactics? Doesn’t sound like a recipe for success to me...

[Gondring]

He did it FNAR.

[gitmo]

Gotta admit, I’ve daydreamed about taking out a couple of those cameras myself.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Interior minister Michèle Alliot-Marie said “multiple clues” pointed to the 41-year old postal worker being linked to the Nationalist Revolutionary Army Faction (Fnar), a shadowy “guerrilla” group which has claimed responsibility for destroying dozens of speed traps.

Investigators say the man exclaimed: “I am from the Fnar” when firemen arrived at his flat in Clichy-La-Garenne, west of Paris.

Pardon, Monsieur, do you have a leescanse for zee boom?

[Nervous Tick]

>> A Frenchman ... had both hands blown off this morning

Lucky for him he wasn’t Italian! Would’ve rendered him unable to speak...

[gitmo]

Interior minister Michèle Alliot-Marie said “multiple clues” pointed to the 41-year old postal worker being linked to the Nationalist Revolutionary Army Faction (Fnar), a shadowy “guerrilla” group which has claimed responsibility for destroying dozens of speed traps.

Investigators say the man exclaimed: “I am from the Fnar” when firemen arrived at his flat in Clichy-La-Garenne, west of Paris.

Why, I'll bet that was one of those clues right there!!!!

[Eaker]

What kind of a bomb was it?

Fairly big.

It did take two hands ................

[muawiyah]

Now he gets to find out what free medical care is all about.

[Squantos]

Best responses we ever made too an IED incident, where the little anarchist POS self destructed, was with a baggie a paint scraper and a smile !

[Levante]

“Or just scoot around on the ground like a dog..”.

Hope he has lots of carpet available...

[TribalPrincess2U]

Clap clap clap clap

[meyer]

G Gordon Liddy use urge his listeners to shoot out the stop light cameras when he was on WJFK.

And for good reason - he's old enough that reading "1984" was probably a class requirement at some stage in his education.

[DannyTN]

“multiple clues” pointed to the 41-year old postal worker ... the man exclaimed: “I am from the Fnar”

That's a pretty good clue

[ASA Vet]

Car Bomber (Not French.)

[Cindy]

Thank you Jet Jaguar for the ping.

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“France - Man blows himself up with an explosive device near Paris”
ATS Swiss News Agency via translation | May 28, 2008
Posted on May 27, 2008 11:45:44 PM PDT by HAL9000

[clee1]

A couple of .30-06 rounds from 300 yards makes a heck of a mess out of them.

[Cindy]

ARTICLE SNIPPET (from the link at post no. 1):

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Investigators say the man exclaimed: “I am from the Fnar” when firemen arrived at his flat in Clichy-La-Garenne, west of Paris.

A second man, also a postal worker, was arrested.

The local mayor said that 12 sticks of dynamite were found in his apartment and ping pong balls that are used to increase the strength of an explosion.

Police also found far-Right literature and a book on Adolf Hitler.”

[Grizzled Bear]

My Maine Coon is called “Claymore.” He’s a 20 pound “kitten.” He’s a year old but the breed can grow until they are 2 - 4 years old.

[informavoracious]

"multiple clues" pointed...

you mean, like his 10 blown-off fingers?

[BallyBill]

“I am from the Fnar”

Yea, that's easy for you to say.

[RichInOC]

QUE SE PRODUISENT?

[Dumpster Baby]

"FNAR FNAR FNAR"

Dining With Felix

[PROCON]

Car Bomber (Not French.)

Now that's funny!! :-)

[Eagles6]

"“I am from the Fnar FUBAR”

[festus]

The exploding kind.

Pity for the guy. I really respect a man who devotes his life to destroying intrusive annoying government property. I really do.

[lesser_satan]

G Gordon Liddy use urge his listeners to shoot out the stop light cameras when he was on WJFK.

That would certainly be a hell of a lot safer than blowing them up with makeshift bombs.

[elkfersupper]

Too bad.

We need all the speed camera / red light camera vigilantes we can muster.

[Malsua]

What kind of a bomb was it?

I bet TATP. Probably learned from some middle eastern dirtbag.

[dfwgator]

[melsec]

I’m from FNAR and I am here to lend a hand ..... whoops..maybe not!

Mel