[Freedumb]

It's amazing how the authorities always know right away whether or not it is terrorism.

I will reserve judgement until I read the perp's name and see if it is Amish or not .

[bcsco]

I will reserve judgement until I read the perp's name and see if it is Amish or not.

Or those darn Lutherans.

[1rudeboy]

I think you meant to say that it's amazing how the press reports that the authorities always know right away whether or not it is terrorism.

[Red Badger]

Pipe bomb in a garbage can in a railway station. THIS IS NOT TERRORISM, REPEAT, THIS IS NOT TERRORISM!.............Epsilon double minus semi-morons line up here for your soma!.......

[CindyDawg]

Too early to know his motive but not a terrorist act.

[null and void]

Paragraph 1: authorities said the incident was not a terrorist act.

Paragraph 2: It’s too early to know any motive...

[tobyhill]

"said authorities had a “person of interest” in custody and were questioning him."

Name? Muslim?

[pissant]

It could be some dirtball doing a prank. Terrorists usually don't do garbage cans. That said, it will be intersting to find out the name or this "person of interest".

[Pure Country]

Where is this place?

[Protagoras]

It's amazing how the authorities always know right away whether or not it is terrorism.

“At this time, we do not have any reason to believe this was a terrorist act,” police said in a statement.

Sounds like they are reserving judgment as well.

[MediaMole]

Detonating a bomb in a train station is a terrorist act -- no matter who did it.

Was it connected to al qaeda? Probably not, but it is still terrorism.

[Kenton]

Kinda sounds like a bored teenager on summer break with an M-80 in his pocket and a trash can handy... I know the media described it as a crude pipe bomb, but they call semi-automatics "machine guns" too, sometimes.

[toddlintown]

Probably the wannabees from Naperville.

[steve-b]

Must be one of those darn atheists!

[Egon]

"Stay away from the cans!!"

[syriacus]

Maybe someone was practicing for an attack on the Oak Street Bridge.

[IZ-Contractor]

someone called to report a firecracker....

I don't care how crude a pipe bomb is, there's a significant difference between that and any given firecracker. Wrapping tape around it does not make it a 'crude pipe bomb'

now....putting a firecracker into a papertube stuffed with FFF grain powder, wrapping a lot of masking tape around it, and solid capping the ends with epoxy...that would 'legally' be a crude pipe bomb...a F'ing retarded ineffectual non detonating one...but legally, yea.

ya know..just saying...

[stylin19a]

“It’s too early to know any motive,”

but we know it's not terror...
morons.

[OB1kNOb]

Don't make us get medieval on your hiney!

[prairiebreeze]

Interesting. Hinsdale is one of the wealthier west suburbs.

[syriacus]

Very quick search shows other pipe bomb incidents along RR tracks. See posts 76 and 77 on this thread.