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"If you'd heard the Ruf-Nek "guns," you'd know what I mean. They get me in the pit of the stomach or sometimes the solar plexus. They are LOUD and explosive."

I've heard them from outside the stadium (I'm not a fan of football, OU's or anyones, which makes me a heretic here in Oklahoma) and they are fairly loud. The ROTC folks also fire a cannon as part of the ceremonies they participate in, and I've heard that, as well. Louder, IIRC, than the Ruf-Neks, possibly, but the stadium design could have kept me from hearing them clearly, too. (acting as a funnel and directing the sound up, instead of allowing it to spread.)

It's possible that the bomber was simply trying to take himself out, and do additional damage, but his device malfunctioned (low-order explosion instead of high-order) or that he was trying to damage and/or deface other equipment or facilities, or that he was trying to get into the stadium, and failed. My thoughts in this post are mostly speculation, which is really a waste of time, but I normally attend classes across the oval from Cross Hall, and often park in the stadium parking building. My wife is liable to freak out when she hears of this.

From post 1487: Northeast Intelligence network is posting about this www.homelandsecurityus.com/

"The police are working on one theory – and at present it remains a theory - that the so-called “suicide-bomber” was attempting to attach bombs to the buses parked in the area when one of the a bomb detonated prematurely."

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To: PhiKapMom

I just spoke with an aunt of mine who lives in Tulsa. She and her husband were at the game tonight and they saw the area marked with police tape. She spoke with one of the cops and he stated that there were "multiple devices" in the cordoned area. The cops on the scene think that the bomber was trying to attach the bombs to the parked buses when a bomb detonated before he could do so.

1,181 posted on 10/02/2005 2:24:08 AM EDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)