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Police say hijacked big-rig was carrying vacuums, not fertilizer
AP via SFGate ^
| 5/21/7
Posted on 05/21/2007 12:50:02 PM PDT by SmithL
Los Angeles (AP) -- A hijacked big rig that police believed was carrying tons of potentially dangerous fertilizer was actually holding a less threatening cargo — vacuum cleaners, authorities said Monday.
The truck was being driven from Texas to Northern California when it disappeared from an industrial area. The Los Angeles Police Department publicized the theft as a precaution because the truck at that time was believed to be hauling 10,000 pounds of fertilizer.
Certain types of fertilizer can be used to make explosives.
After further investigation, police said the missing goods were commercial-style vacuum cleaners, not fertilizer.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: fertilizer; hijack; vacuum
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To: Calvin Locke
Just Remember , To folks like Kennedy and Chertoff, Job #1 is Comprehensive Immigration Reform. vacuum that. ;-)
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posted on
05/21/2007 1:07:50 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
To: SmithL
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posted on
05/21/2007 1:14:48 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(Calling Libs *rats* is hate-speech against rodents.)
To: Ingtar
How do you misread a manifest that badly? It may not have been fertilizer, but something still smells.It may have been fertilizer cleverly disguised as vacuum cleaners to throw off the jihadists.
To: Ingtar
How do you misread a manifest that badly? It may not have been fertilizer, but something still smells.If nothing else, the reporting does. How can someone write up a story like this and not have the modicum of curiosity it takes to ask such an obvious followup question?
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posted on
05/21/2007 1:22:26 PM PDT
by
Eroteme
To: SmithL
The terrorists were planning on burying them next to sidewalks and trying to suck up small children and dogs.
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posted on
05/21/2007 1:29:45 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: SmithL
“But, Achmed, you said we needed to implode the infidels!”
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posted on
05/21/2007 1:49:07 PM PDT
by
LexBaird
(PR releases are the Chinese dog food of political square meals.)
To: LexBaird
We came to CA to steal a lot of
BLOW.You guys suck!
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posted on
05/21/2007 2:00:14 PM PDT
by
MooseMan
(Sarcasm included at no additional charge)
To: Sax
Stolen vacuums and illegal workers. What’s next, endangered bird feather dusters for the Capos? Don't worry, nature abhors a vacuum.
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posted on
05/21/2007 2:30:30 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
To: SmithL
How on earth do you steal a big rig and not get caught?
To: NormsRevenge
CIR? Same as CFR? I'll have to think up some conspiracies using those acronyms for the hosing of the American public by the elite and the arrogant.
CONSPIRACY does have C and R...
"Comprehensive" is becoming a code word for tax hikes and loss or dilution of Constitutional protections.
To: Sweet Hour of Prayer
You do nut do it at Donutland.
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posted on
05/21/2007 2:50:44 PM PDT
by
magslinger
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
To: Calvin Locke
The only three letters you need from Conspiracy is...
CON..
Sounds like one to me.
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posted on
05/21/2007 3:38:29 PM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: massgopguy
Nothing sucks, like an Electro-Lux!Even with an Electro-Lux, suckage may vary...
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posted on
05/21/2007 4:27:13 PM PDT
by
FDNYRHEROES
(Always bring a liberal to a gunfight)
To: dighton
Excuse me, those things are scary. Reason No. 856 why it is better to have a dog for a pet than a cat:
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