Highly explosive material found in apartment of Colorado man who blew self up near football game

9news ^ | 11/19/05 | AP wire

[Cicero]

Yes. It's just conceivable that it took all day to get the stuff out because they needed large and elaborate bomb removal equipment in case it went off in transit. But the early stories suggest a whole lot of explosives.

Enough to blow your hands off, sure. Plus the whole building, or a few hundred of your neighbors in the stadium. How to tell a lie by telling the truth: the fine art of equivocation.

[mad_as_he$$]

:-)Thought so. Have had lots of fun over the years with that one! Then they started stamping it on the tools.

[conservativepoet]

Thanks for posting. This story has legs.

[brytlea]

I hope you told him to get rid of that stuff!
susie

[2Jedismom]

Oklahoma Ping!

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[null and void]

I did suggest he store the detonators away from the explosives.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[brytlea]

Good for you!
I had a room mate in college who didn't come home one night. Her mother called me the next day to ask me why I hadn't told her my room mate was pregnant. Seems she had gone into labor the day before (she told me she had a stomach bug) and while I was gone our sweetmates took her to the hospital, where she delivered a health 6 lb baby girl.
So, I guess it IS possible to be oblivious to things.....
susie

[FlashBack]

"At the cursor was a phrase that began with profanity and continued " ... all this. None of you are worth living with. You can all kiss my ass."
A whole lotta Bravo Sierra on the "official" take...this isn't a suicide "note"! This is an admission of guilt for what could have been the murder of thousands.
I think that his socializing is very suspect...especially since it's not addressed in the official news release.
The original threads here on FR have alot more info than what's being released by the Feds...I hope that it's because of ongoing investigations and not because they've gone back into ostrich-mode.
Thanks for the ping LR!

[DugwayDuke]

"The company's founder and the wrench's so-called inventor, Karl Peterson, really did nothing more than buy the design from a Swedish immigrant, who had seen similar wrenches made in his homeland."

Explains a lot, don't you think? Evidently, this has been in the planing stages for quite awhile. Some one should follow up on this Swedish connection.

[taxesareforever]

Except that befoer the clamped down on the reporting, it was stated that it was enough to blow up the whole building. It took almost a full day to cart the stuff off. When they blew it up at another site, the blasts shook houses miles away. Sounds like a bit more than "firecracker."

Just quoting from the article. I wasn't there so I don't know.

[Ole Okie]

Hinrichs, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Oct. 1 when an explosive device went off about 100 yards from Gaylord Family/Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

And everyone said "That's our Hinrichs all over".

And then there was the sad case of \ one OU student who was getting married, and he continually bragged that he was a ton of dynamite.

He pounded his chest and repeated this a bunch of times before he and new bride disappeared into the wedding boudouir.

In a few minutes the new bride rushed out in a panic, face white as snow.

"What's wrong?" someone asked.

New bride said "In that room is a ton of dynamite.

With a 2 inch fuse."

Ok, pardon me.

[calljack]

A chemistry book; a crescent wrench; a white sock with at least two protruding wires; a screwdriver with a sock stuffed in the handle; unused wooden matches and other items were found at the bomb site.



A CRESCENT wrench. There ya have it.

[hoosiermama]

Hey I had a roomy for a quarter...It wasn't until my former one came back from student teaching that we put the piece together....She was protituting herself.....
If ever I write a book, that chapter will be "The Virgin in the Whore House"!

[null and void]

*shrug* At least she didn't ask you to watch...

[duffthor]

a white sock with at least two protruding wires

hmmm....Frank Thomas???

[Triple]

Why the circuit board? (This seems unnecessarily complex for an IED.)

Was it a board from a cell phone?

Any thoughts?

[GOPJ]

bump

[flattorney]

Thanks for the ping

[Elsie]

Like raw meat in front of a ravenous wolf, or the admonition "Do not eat of the tree".....