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BOMB FOUND ON SPANISH RAIL!!!!!!!

#1 Postby stormraiser » Fri Apr 02, 2004 7:51 am

I just got this in my inbox, but a bomb has been found on a high speed rail in Spain
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#2 Postby stormraiser » Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:03 am

MADRID, Spain -- Police found a bomb Friday on a high-speed rail line between Madrid and Seville, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said.



Bomb-disposal experts alerted by a railway employee found 22-24 pounds of dynamite under a track about 40 miles south of Madrid on the rail line running to Seville, Acebes said.

The explosives were connected to a detonator with a 430-foot cable, the minister told a news conference.

He said it was not known who placed the bomb.

The bomb scare came less than a month after 10 backpack bombs ripped through commuter trains in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring more than 1,800.

On Thursday, police in northern Spain on Thursday defused three letter bombs addressed to journalists in Madrid.

© 2004 The Associated Press
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#3 Postby cycloneye » Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:06 am

Oh boy this time they did not have success making it blow thankfully.
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#4 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:52 am

This one must've been a defect, or the wires are cut. Either way it didn't blow, thank goodness.
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#5 Postby wx247 » Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:11 am

Goodness... they are still working and planning. It looks like they believe Spain is a prime target.
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#6 Postby Lindaloo » Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:49 am

Sounds like they found a bomb from the first bombing that they did not detonate. Guess they decided not to blow it because Spain chickened out and pulled troops from Iraq.
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