> [Editor's Note: A slightly different version of the earlier report.]
>> 3 Texas men arraigned on terror charges.
>> Three Texas men were arraigned Saturday on terrorism-related charges
>> after police found about 1,000 cell phones in their minivan.
>> Investigators believe the men were targeting the 5-mile-long Mackinac
>> Bridge, which connects Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas. But one
>> of the men said they were only trying to buy and sell phones to make >> money.
> Ummm ... Is this from The Onion? No?
> I don't see what a *large* number of cell phones has to do with
> terrorism. Yes, a cell phone can be used as a detonator, but you only
> need one, or maybe a few as backups, and having a thousand doesn't
> make it any more terrifying.
Since July of 2003, there have been 931 deaths attributed to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq. The number of IEDs exploding or disarmed is approximately 40 PER DAY. So that minivan was carrying less than a 1-month supply ...
--Gene