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Eastern Iowa Western Illinois Mail Box Alert
WOC Radio News Davenport Iowa

Posted on 05/03/2002 1:47:40 PM PDT by Aliska

All postal workers are being called in to their stations in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. If people see a mailman still delivering mail they are supposed to tell them to return to their post office. More to follow.


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Illinois; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: alert; bomb; box; illinois; iowa; mail; mailbox; pipe
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If you live in the area, help get the word out.
1 posted on 05/03/2002 1:47:40 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Aliska
They have found about 8 pipebombs in rural mailboxes in Scott and Cedar Rapids Counties in Iowa and Carroll (can't remember the others) in Illinois.

People are cautioned not to open their mailboxes. One bomb has been defused so far and one woman slightly injured.

They are looking for the perps and don't know if it is connected to terrorism.

Will update as more news comes out.

2 posted on 05/03/2002 1:49:51 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Aliska
Uh-oh! More anthrax?
3 posted on 05/03/2002 1:50:01 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
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To: Foghat
Ping!
4 posted on 05/03/2002 1:51:18 PM PDT by Dog
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To: FreedomPoster
Just pipe bombs as far as they know. Until they get a handle on it, they are advising people not to use mail drop boxes and to check any packages.

I don't know how people will know not to open their rural mailboxes if they aren't listening to local radio.

5 posted on 05/03/2002 1:52:09 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Aliska
From WQAD-TV:
BREAKING NEWS
UPDATE - Explosive devices found in several rural mailboxes across QCA

May 3, 2002 – Explosive devices have been found in rural mailboxes in seven area counties.

NewsChannel 8 has learned that the City of Moline is pulling their postal carriers off of their routes.

A pipe bomb was found a rural Eldridge mailbox early this morning.

In Carroll County, A bomb was found in a rural mailbox near Mount Carroll, where a postal worker was injured around 11 a.m.

The Associated Press reports a postal carrier has been injured after a pipe bomb exploded in a mailbox in rural Morrison this afternoon. The Whiteside Sheriff's Department says another pipe bomb was found in Carroll County and in some Iowa counties today. Officials at Morrison Community Hospital say the postal worker suffered eye and face abrasions and cuts to a shoulder and a thumb. She was treated and released.

In all, explosives have been found in Scott, Cedar, Dubuque, Jones, and Linn County in Iowa; and Whiteside and Carroll in Illinois.

Sheriffs throughout the area are urging our viewers no to go to their mailboxes.

NewsChannel 8 has multiple crews working this news and will bring you the details as they are confirmed. The latebreaking details will be on NewsChannel 8, stay tuned...



6 posted on 05/03/2002 1:53:19 PM PDT by Catspaw
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To: Aliska
Good job, Aliska. Here's the news from a Quad Cities TV station.
7 posted on 05/03/2002 1:54:14 PM PDT by Catspaw
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To: Dog
I have to get off for about 1/2 hour. qctimes.com has info on their website; hopefully they will keep it updating it as more info comes in.

Will keep you posted as I am able.

Be careful with packages. If it looks strange don't try to open it.

8 posted on 05/03/2002 1:54:55 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Catspaw
GOOD WORK, catspaw! You freepers be da best!!!!!!!
9 posted on 05/03/2002 1:56:47 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: seamole;Shermy
Ping!!!
10 posted on 05/03/2002 1:58:29 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Aliska
Hey, I just went to a Quad Cities TV station & found it. If I couldn't find it in Illinois, I was off to Iowa--then to the newspapers (I use ecola.com or newsdirectory.com).

I just hope everyone's safe & the injured postal worker is not badly hurt. Given the times, this is NOT a joke.

11 posted on 05/03/2002 2:00:55 PM PDT by Catspaw
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To: da_toolman
PING...
12 posted on 05/03/2002 2:01:17 PM PDT by phasma proeliator
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To: Catspaw
found in Scott, Cedar, Dubuque, Jones, and Linn County in Iowa; and Whiteside and Carroll in Illinois.

Someone was getting around. I presume these are adjacent counties?

13 posted on 05/03/2002 2:02:25 PM PDT by Flyer
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To: Dog
Sounds like some local nut job.
14 posted on 05/03/2002 2:04:52 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Aliska
What--have the kids run out of cows to tip?
15 posted on 05/03/2002 2:06:05 PM PDT by Musket
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To: Shermy
A local nut job like Tim McVeigh in Oklahoma City?
16 posted on 05/03/2002 2:06:37 PM PDT by phasma proeliator
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To: Shermy
This would involve a LOT of driving for one kook.

One of my co-workers (EMT/fireman) heard something over the scanner, and says that Jo Daviess (IL) Co. is included.

17 posted on 05/03/2002 2:07:33 PM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Shermy
Fox just announced this....
18 posted on 05/03/2002 2:07:44 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog; Catspaw

By Tom Geyer/ QUAD-CITY TIMES/ May 3, 2002

Authorities in Quad-City region counties are warning against opening mailboxes after the discovery of nine pipe bombs in rural mailboxes in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.

"I don't want kids getting off the bus and opening the mailbox, or people coming home from work and opening their mailbox. Don't touch your mailbox until futher notice," Carroll County Sheriff Rod Herrick said at 3:30 p.m. today.

FBI, state and local police are investigating the discovery of nine pipe bombs in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois mailboxes today, with at least one exploding in Cedar County, Iowa, injuring a woman.

Scott County Sheriff's Capt. Terry Glandon confirmed bombs found in Dubuque, Cedar, Jones and Scott counties in Iowa and Carroll and Whiteside counties in Illinois.

Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the U.S. Postal Inspector's office are assisting in the investigation.

19 posted on 05/03/2002 2:09:51 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Dog
Are they monitoring FR? :)
20 posted on 05/03/2002 2:10:47 PM PDT by Shermy
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