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[phasma proeliator]

yup... 5:00 Central time

[Chad Fairbanks]

Anti-American, or Anti-Government, or both, I wonder?

[Shermy]

FBI guy says its "domestic terrorism" per reading the letters.

[dawn53]

Am I mistaken, or didn't one of those latest Arab "warnings" say they would strike the heartland of the country?

[phasma proeliator]

From Foxnews..

"The pipe bombs were attached to batteries, Jaffer said. He urged people in the area to call authorities if they find a pipe and battery inside their mailboxes.

Jaffer said the bombs were accompanied by a note, signed "someone who cares," and saying that "mailboxes are exploding! Why, you ask?"

Then it said, in part:

"If the government controls what you want to do they control what you can do. ... I'm obtaining your attention in the only way I can. More info is on its way. More 'attention getters' are on the way."

The first incident occurred about 11 a.m. when a rural letter carrier delivering mail near Mt. Carroll, Ill., opened a mailbox and an explosion occurred, Jaffer said.

Other incidents occurred in Morrison, Ill.; Asbury, Iowa; Tipton, Iowa, and Elizabeth, Ill., he said.

Jaffer said the bombs were not sent through the mail but had been placed in the mailboxes. "

[Dog]

"domestic terrorism"

Al-Qaeda living in America....:-)

[phasma proeliator]

we might both be mistaken - but I believe that you are correct.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Ahh... maybe another Al Gore-inspired Unabomber??????

[Dog]

Yep......they said it!

[Shermy]

FBI guy says "General anti-government rhetoric" in letters.

[newsperson999]

CNN Headline news wire--- possible domestic terrorism

[Mo1]

"If the government controls what you want to do they control what you can do. ... I'm obtaining your attention in the only way I can. More info is on its way. More 'attention getters' are on the way."

Huh?? .. Attention ..

[Dog]

FBI guy says "General anti-government rhetoric" in letters

Must be the evil right wing.......:-)

[Chad Fairbanks]

I'm betting the responsible person(s) are left wing extremists, because of the use of the 'attention getter' aspect - it's what they always want... attention...

[phasma proeliator]

dunno - just telling you what Fox is telling me.

time to go home- have to check my mail.

Freegards.... and stay safe!

[monkeywrench]

That quote sounds like somebody used a bad translator.

[Grampa Dave]

If this is domestic terrorism, and it is the ALF/ELF thugs doing this. The PETA thugs must be selling a lot of their Peat Moss not really a burger at Burger King: (Peta web site re their extortion vegie thing at BK)

[RightWhale]

“I saw a string, one of those 9-volt batteries, and a coil inside there. So I shut it up real quick,”

Don't do that! Just let go and leave the scene.

What are the Postal Service and Homeland Security going to do now besides round up all the mailboxes in the country and stop rural delivery? Install 100 million mailboxcams?

[newsperson999]

I still say it may be international terrorism....For crying out loud the anthrax letters had anti america and anti-israel yet the fbi says (even almost off the bat) that those may be "domestic"..in other words no matter what is on the letter its going to be call "domestic"...what a good way to throw investagators off by disgising it as "domestic terrorism"

[StriperSniper]

Why was she looking at her neighbors mailbox in the first place?

If she was not authorized to be in his mailbox, she probably would be afraid of getting in trouble.