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PALM HARBOR - Pinellas County sheriff's detectives Tuesday found a homemade bomb deep in the brush off Lake St. George Drive. Detectives were led to the spot, an area covered by thick, 8-foot-high brush and thought to be owned by Progress Energy, after receiving several tips Monday, said sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jim Bordner. At 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, detectives found what Bordner described as a "crudely made homemade explosive device" 50 feet into the overgrown area east of Lake St. George Drive, which is near Tampa Road.
The area where the bomb was found is south of the Lake St. George subdivision at Shorncliffe Lane. But the explosive device wasn't near any homes, Bordner said, and no one was evacuated. Detectives cordoned off the area and called the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad for help. A 300-foot safety radius was set and after a loud "pop," law enforcement officials pulled out the device. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter said her agency sent a bomb technician to the scene who "partially dismantled" the bomb.
Bordner would not describe what the device was made of or how it appeared to be put together. No arrests have been made and detectives are working to determine where the parts of the bomb came from.
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/15/Northpinellas/Crude_homemade_bomb_f.shtml
Sudanese authorities find large quantities of explosives in Khartoum suburb
August 14, 2007
KHARTOUM, Sudan: Security services have seized large quantities of explosives in a suburb of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and arrested twenty people for interrogation, Sudan's justice minister said Tuesday.
Police and security forces seized "huge quantities" of cylinders used to produce various explosive devices, 18 sacks of ammunition containing hundreds of bullets and four cylinders filed with explosive material, one of which was ready for use, Justice Minister Mohamed Ali al-Mardi was quoted as saying by the official news agency, SUNA.
The raid took place in Hatana, a quiet suburb north of Omdurman — one of the three town districts that form the capital — he said. "This is a huge and coordinated work. This might be a mere tip of the iceberg," al-Mardi said. He did not specify who the suspects were or what was their nationality, but said they were not deemed to have links to al-Qaida. Asked whether they could belong to a homegrown radical cell, he said : "All options remain open." The minister also said there were no signs that the explosives and suspects were linked to an alleged coup plot for which an opposition party leader, a former presidential assistant and several army officers were arrested last month.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/14/africa/AF-GEN-Sudan-Police-Raid.php