[rattrap]

A dry ice bomb is not a "terrorist incident".

[indcons]

You;re right. However, there has been so much coverup over the Norman terrorist incident that it is really difficult to believe the authorities' version on anything. Such speculation would stop if the authorities were more honest. For example, in the Norman incident, they kept claiming that Hinrichs used a pipe bomb (filld with black powder) while it came out later that the cops knew about the composition (TATP) and Hinrichs' attempts to buy Ammonium Nitrate. Just my two cents...

[LibertyRocks]

There is no indication that this was a "Dry-ice" or "vinegar/baking soda" type bomb. These devices are being referred to as "Soda bottle Bombs" by authorities. The Maj. of the Atlanta PD interviewed says that bombs of the nature found could cause serious injury if enough chemicals are used and/or it is placed within certain environs. I'm no explosives expert, but apparently others who are have said that there are other types of bombs fashioned out of other chemicals that are not as harmless as the ones you describe. Granted, we will have to wait until the lab results come back and they can say what exactly the CHEMICALS in the bottles turned out to be (if they tell us).

These 3 devices were set up to explode WHEN HANDLED. Dry Ice and the other bombs normally associated with these types of things will explode when the contents reach enough pressure to burst the container - they are not designed to explode when handled and will do so on their own whether handled or not...

There was a deliberate attempt to achieve explosion when someone touched these bottles - that IMHO does not fit the normal definition of a "Prank" meant to instill harmless fear/shock which is immediately dispelled when the causative agent is immediately found to be "harmless".

[El Gato]

A dry ice bomb is not a "terrorist incident".

What dry ice bomb? Dry ice bombs do not produce burns, as occured in the Ga. Tech case, and in the other Atlanta area incident, the thing was reported in the linked story to contain gunpowder and a fuse, how much they didn't say.