A routine traffic stop in Lake Villa Sunday night turned into some mighty blasts as authorities got rid of 28 pounds of explosives found in the trunk of a vehicle. Deputy Chief Roger Schroeder said police made a traffic stop at Monaville Rd. near Fairfield Road for a defective brake light around 9 p.m. and found the driver, Adrian Phillips, 32, of 25128 N Ellrie Court, Lake Zurich, had a revoked driver's license.
As they were processing the vehicle after he was taken into custody they came across some cargo in the trunk. "There were 28 pounds of explosives," said Schroeder, noting that the handmade items were equal to a quarter to a half stick of dynamite and there were 379 pieces altogether. The Waukegan Bomb Squad was called as well as the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and firearms (ATF).
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Palo Verde bomb case still unsolved
Jun. 2, 2008
After seven months, it's still a mystery how a pipe bomb made it into a contract worker's truck at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. The bomb was discovered Nov. 2, triggering a lockdown and trapping employees at the plant for hours. Investigators soon ruled out the pickup's driver, but have been unable identify a suspect.
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CAIRO, Egypt — Muslim extremist women are challenging al-Qaida's refusal to include — or at least acknowledge — women in its ranks, in an emotional debate that gives rare insight into the gender conflicts lurking beneath one of the strictest strains of Islam. In response to a female questioner, al-Qaida No. 2 leader Ayman Al-Zawahri said in April that the terrorist group does not have women. A woman's role, he said on the Internet audio recording, is limited to caring for the homes and children of al-Qaida fighters.
His remarks have since prompted an outcry from fundamentalist women, who are fighting or pleading for the right to be terrorists. The statements have created confusion, because suicide bombings by women seem to be on the rise, at least within the Iraq branch of al-Qaida.
A'eeda Dahsheh is a Palestinian mother of four in Lebanon who said she supports al-Zawahri and has chosen to raise children at home as her form of jihad. However, she said, she supports any woman who chooses instead to take part in terror attacks.
Another woman signed a more than 2,000-word essay of protest online as Rabeebat al-Silah, Arabic for "Companion of Weapons." "How many times have I wished I were a man ... When Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahri said there are no women in al-Qaida, he saddened and hurt me," wrote "Companion of Weapons," who said she listened to the speech 10 times. "I felt that my heart was about to explode in my chest ... I am powerless."
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Trivia Note: It looks like Phillips is trying to grow a beard.