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Alert issued for potential teddy bear bombs
CNN ^ | February 13, 2002

Posted on 02/13/2002 5:10:19 PM PST by SamAdams76

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The FBI has issued an alert to 350 law enforcement agencies in the southwest and Salt Lake City for potential Valentine teddy bear bombs after a suspicious transaction at a Wal-Mart last month.

Law enforcement sources said authorities also were on the alert at airports in case the suspected bear-bombs might be carried onto airplanes on Valentine's Day.


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To: SamAdams76
$90 for chocolate? I'd take a few of their chocolate dipped rolled cookie finger thingy's and the rest in cash.
21 posted on 02/13/2002 5:23:49 PM PST by riley1992
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To: riley1992
the rest in cash.

I'll take real estate, shaped in a heart if necessary.

22 posted on 02/13/2002 5:25:59 PM PST by concerned about politics
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
what about gerbal bombs ?
23 posted on 02/13/2002 5:27:00 PM PST by al baby
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To: retrokitten
Oh, you can say that again!


24 posted on 02/13/2002 5:28:39 PM PST by texson66
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To: concerned about politics
It was 9 bears and 14 propane canisters, not 350...still potential danger, though.
25 posted on 02/13/2002 5:28:59 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: SamAdams76
nine Valentine teddy bears, 20 inches tall, and 14 canisters of propane, 9 inches tall, small enough to fit inside the teddy bears. The man also bought 12 packets of BBs.

I'm doin' the math here, and things just aren't adding up with the insinuated "bomb teddy bear theory," theres a mismatch of propane cannisters and BB packets to bears. Donning my tin foil hat, my guess is that the BBs and propane cannisters are gonna make one big bomb unrelated to the teddy bears.

Taking my tin foil hat off, he's probably just going camping, needs the propane for heat and light, and plans on a little target practice on those poor teddys...

27 posted on 02/13/2002 5:29:40 PM PST by Enlightiator
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
ROTFL! That is too funny. Hopefully, there will be no exploding Valentine Day Bears in public places come tomorrow because secret agent OOTeddy was on the case. (You'd think that the Middle Eastern suspect could have purchased all of his questionable merchandise at separate Wal-Marts just to avoid suspicion. It reminds me of another ME moron who got caught after he came back for his deposit on the rented truck that blew up the WTC basement in '93...)
28 posted on 02/13/2002 5:30:12 PM PST by demnomo
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To: riley1992
lol
29 posted on 02/13/2002 5:30:51 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: al baby
Richard Gere has already volunteered to head the bomb disposal unit.
30 posted on 02/13/2002 5:30:52 PM PST by jrewingjr
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To: riley1992
I'm with you on this one!
31 posted on 02/13/2002 5:32:22 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: SamAdams76
Well, someone has to say them:

"If teddy bears are outlawed, only outlaws will have teddy bears."
"We need to close the teddy bear show loophole."
"Someone set us up the bear."

32 posted on 02/13/2002 5:33:26 PM PST by TrappedInLiberalHell
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
We'll have to go undercover on this one.
33 posted on 02/13/2002 5:33:43 PM PST by swheats
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To: concerned about politics
I'll take real estate, shaped in a heart if necessary.

$80 for real estate? Have big plans for those 10 rolls of sod, do you? LOL

34 posted on 02/13/2002 5:33:43 PM PST by riley1992
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To: jrewingjr
I know there was a second bear on the grassy knoll
35 posted on 02/13/2002 5:34:40 PM PST by al baby
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To: riley1992
Great. Now I have to reject birthday presents? What about these kind of teddies???

I'd like to see any red-blooded American male turn away THAT teddy.

That's my Valentine's Day gift to all the FR men. Enjoy it fellas!

36 posted on 02/13/2002 5:35:43 PM PST by rintense
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To: al baby
Do Bears blow up in the woods?
37 posted on 02/13/2002 5:36:12 PM PST by al baby
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
My God, that looks like Leland, Samatha's teddy. I'm knitting him a new sweater for his trip to Disneyworld--and an aloha shirt for his time in Florida so he can be a well-dressed tourist bear.
38 posted on 02/13/2002 5:36:23 PM PST by Catspaw
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To: SamAdams76
Great. Next thing you know the Bear-American lobby is going to start making a stink about how all bears are now being profiled.
39 posted on 02/13/2002 5:36:26 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: TomGuy
It was 9 bears and 14 propane canisters, not 350...still potential danger, though.

Indeed, and what if these were just for the prototypes? Notice that he bought extra propane canisters, why would he do that if he already had the design down? Extra BBs too, although not necessarily, since one pack of BBs need not go with one bear, he could intend to put 1 1/3 packs into each bear bomb. If that's what he had in mind.

40 posted on 02/13/2002 5:37:02 PM PST by El Gato
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