“plotting to bomb the St. Louis Arch”
“the two allegedly did buy what they thought was a pipe bomb in an undercover law enforcement sting.”
Complete morons swept up in an FBI sting: they gonna take down the arch with some plumbing parts they thought were a pipe bomb. Would make a GREAT comedy skit:
Suspect 1: Are you SUUUUURE this is a bomb?
Undercover FBI Agent: Yeah, man!
Suspect 2: Uh, it don’t look big enough to me.
Undercover FBI Agent: It’s one of them SPECIAL miniaturized Japanese pipe bombs, and it’s filled with extra-high super-dooper primo explosive!
Suspect 2: Oh.
Suspect 1: Where do you light it?
Undercover FBI Agent: Right here; look REEEEEAL closely ... HANDS UP MOFOS, YA’LL ARE UNDER ARREST!
FBI to thugs: “HANDS UP, DON’T POOP.”