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The Midwest Pipe Bomber

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  1. rockHEAD

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    Bombs Explode in Rural Mailboxes

    By Randolph E. Schmid
    Associated Press Writer
    Friday, May 3, 2002; 5:14 PM


    WASHINGTON –– More than a half-dozen pipe bombs were placed in rural mailboxes in Illinois and Iowa on Friday, and at least two people were injured in explosions, the post office said.

    None of the injuries was life threatening, postal vice president Azeezaly Jaffer said.

    The pipe bombs were attached to batteries, he said, and 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 threatening the government.

    The first incident occurred about 11 a.m. when a rural letter carrier delivering mail near Mt. Carol, 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.

    He said the bombs appeared to be triggered by being touched or moved.

    An Illinois postal worker was treated at Morrison Community Hospital for injuries to her eyes, shoulder and thumb, hospital officials said. She was expected to be released.

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    The bomber also left a note....

    Text of Note Left in Mailboxes

    The Associated Press
    Friday, May 3, 2002; 6:20 PM


    Text of note left in mailboxes in the Midwest where pipe bombs were found Friday:

     
  2. Wakko67

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    I wonder if I'll get a letter. :eek:
     
  3. MadMax

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    what a jackass..

    Dear Victim:

    I'm going to try to kill you now. But I'm doing so because I think I'm smart, clever and abstract. So it's really a favor I'm doing for you. Think like me (despite my persistence in pursuing individual liberty) or I'll knock you out of your human reality.

    Signed,
    Jackass

    how quickly can the FBI find this jackass??? i love his, "i see limitations" argument.

    We need George Costanza to scream at him, "We're trying to have a society, here!!!!"
     

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