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And gas prices have decreased from $2.67 to $4.21. |
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The breaking news header is gone (not breaking news anymore), but the story is still on their website. Look under Top Stories -> US & World. |
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In case anybody missed it:
Had you been there, and wanted to use your own judgement about whether to leave the game...oh, well. Remember, the government knows what's best for you. |
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Damned if you do and damned if you don't there. It's just easier to sweep and clear when you don't have 84,000 people trying to trample you while you're looking for deadly devices. |
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Should we assume all fires and explosions are ROP attacks until proven otherwise? I think we should wait until we hear more about the person killed before we start assuming we're under attack, but that's just me. |
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When in doubt, ERR ON THE SIDE OF FREEDOM! |
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I wonder how many false imprisonment claims come out of this? If you're not going to let me leave a building, I'd better be under arrest. |
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2300 and nothing on FoxNews TV.
WOW... You can't tell me they already know whether it was a terrorist or just a pissed off failing student. So that tells me they are sweeping it under the rug. The reason...I dunno. |
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OK who here didn't make explosive devices on college? When I first saw the headline I thought "OOhhh... unlucky bastard!" because shit happens when you play with explosives. However, after reading that it was at a sporting event I'm not so sure.
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Where's Bagdad Bob when you need him.
Sorry folks, that was no bomb. In fact there wasn't even an explosion. "Bagdad Bob" |
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is it now standard procedure for sucj a sweep to occurr? or did they have reason to suspect something. |
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After a night of a few drinks, watching Purdue lose, and watching tome teenage titties on some whacked out IFC movie with my dad, there is nothing on Fox, MSNBC, CNN or CNN Headline news about this.
Like Tanknet.org, I trust ARFOCM for up to date news reporting. WTF is going on. Please help the alcohol impaired at this late hour. Should I be loading mags? WTF??? |
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heres another report from freerepublic.com
I just posted what happened as I was at the game so I might as well post what a girl at my son's fraternity said. She is Iranian (Persian) and she said two dark Middle Eastern types came running into the stadium and separated several minutes after the bomb went off. She said since she was Middle Eastern she felt safe in saying they fit the profile. She made a point of saying they were much darker skinned then the Iranian people and when she heard the bomb blast, she was convinced at the time it was a suicide bomb and these two were part of what was happening. Word we are getting is that they were on their way to the stadium to make a statement by blowing it up there. My daughter and I walked the long way back to my son's fraternity house as they had closed off a large part of the campus and was behind someone (he was wearing a suit) on the phone and his wife was telling everyone around to get as far away from the stadium as possible. Freaky night! |
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Read through the rest of this thread. Why are your mags not already loaded? |
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I think the idiot bomber is the only one so far. |
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Interesting. Do any LEO's know if it is SOP to search for explosives before sporting events?? |
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Well, sure. Isn't that how every one does it? Not that the timing - early in the FB season - has ANYTHING to do with it Midterms haven't even happened, have they? So much for the distressed college student crapola. |
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yes they all are already loaded, its just a expression |
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My brother does it. Not before every single game, but randomly, and usually before big games. |
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EXACTLY!! |
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No, you might hurt yourself or others. Just dial 9-1-1. |
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Wouldnt want to panic the masses! |
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Why is no network down there, making a mountain out of a molehill like they always do? I think this is a terrorist attack that went wrong.I think we all know it is a matter of time till they start getting on our busses and blowing them up.
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24 hour news my fucking ass!!! Why the hell do I pay for the news channels if they don't deliver?
See how much anxiety no news can bring you! Nothing to see here comrade move along. |
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Fixed if for you |
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Thats what i meant to say |
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Still nothing on the local news. I've heard a few helicopters flying around. It is odd that fox news took down the banner. They closed Bizzel library (the main campus library across the street from where the explosion occured) 2 weeks ago for a "suspicious package" but they never told us anything and it was never in the news. Maybe they have been holding back some information for some time.
-reporting from Norman, locked and loaded |
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from CNN
Explosion outside college football game Authorities: One killed, apparently a suicide Saturday, October 1, 2005; Posted: 11:54 p.m. EDT (03:54 GMT) NORMAN, Oklahoma (AP) -- One person was killed in an explosion near a packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma on Saturday night in what authorities said appeared to be a suicide. The blast, in a traffic circle about 100 yards from Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, could be heard by some in the crowd of 84,000, but university President David Boren said no one inside the stadium was ever in danger. "We are apparently dealing with an individual suicide, which is under full investigation," Boren said in a statement. There was no information about the person who was killed, and no reports of any other injuries. A police bomb squad detonated explosives found at the site of the blast. The area near the stadium was searched by bomb-sniffing dogs. Jaclyn Hull, an OU freshman who left the game shortly before the explosion, said she saw "a little bit of smoke, about as much as you would see coming up from a grill." Officers cordoned off an area west of the stadium after the explosion and nobody was allowed out of the stadium for about a half-hour after the blast, which occurred shortly before 8 p.m., about halftime of the Sooners' game against Kansas State. The game continued. |
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Fuck it, I'm off to bed.
Still...nothing on FoxNewsTV for the last hour. Unfuckingbelievable. |
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MiniTru is working on this, the staff has a lot of overtime ahead of them, please be patient, lest they have you visit MiniLove. |
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The answer you seek is YES. Actually, it's HELL YES! I'm not sure if you follow current events, but the old "Suicide Bomber" routine is one of the ROP's favorite pastimes. Basic common sense dictates that we assume muslims are at fault until proven otherwise. Sheesh, where have you been the last 10 years or so? Under a rock? |
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Before I go adjusting my tinfoil, I had a thought--maybe it's been pulled while these agencies complete thier investigation, like so the operating cell doesn't know that the cops are 'on to them' so to speak. Another poster mentioned the timing at the beginning of football season. This is an execellent point, and not one I would have thought of, but the economic impact would be huge...I'm sure that NFL and college football games bring alot of cash to the cities hosting them. I'm not sure this would be a good reason alone for pulling the story, however. As for Drudge...well, he tends to report on what everyone else is reporting on. He's had some scoops, sure...but if none of the news outlets has the scoop on their site, he can't link to it...he really isn't an investigative reporter. And if I'm all wrong, I'm gonna grab some of the heavy-duty tin foil that's rated to block the newest Orbital Mind Control Laser Sats, and order about 50 mags from Bushmaster. Wait...25 mags and spend the rest on ammo. I always forget ammo isn't included |
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This just doesn't add up
1. A suicide bomber 2. more explosives found in area |
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This is why the internet is a good thing. ARFCOM is the only place I go to get my news. Generally faster and more accurate than any 24 hr news. |
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It coulda been like,
OOO lookie, a metal pineapple. I wonder what this ring is for. |
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worst case i would think would be thart he was on his way to outfit another bomber. i imagine two simultaneous explosions in a packed corridor, or in front of a crowded concession stand, could do some serious damage. not to mentio if the had the knowledge to find structural weaknesess in the stadium construction. a collapsing section of seating would send a pretty powerful message. |
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My daughter was working retail sales at a popular dress shop at one of the malls till this past Tuesday. She went to work in the morning and the place was locked up with an out of business sign on the door. Seems the Muslim owners decided to take a vacation to "Europe" for three months. No prior notice to any employees. Hope this isn't some kind of sign.
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Anyone know of any arab boards that can be checked for activity? How about Aljazira(SP?)
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In what metropolitan area in Texas did that happen? |
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I'm on it. This don't make sense. The news blackout, the extra bombs....might just be tangos. Al Jazeera They don't have anything about the OU bomb. I'll keep an eye on it. |
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sounds like it went off prematurely before he got to the target |
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