Re: Three Texas Men With Cellphones Arrested on Terrorist Charges

Aug 14, 2006 0 Replies


> [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.

And even on the odd chance you're planning a thousand bombs, you'd need enough other supplies that you could buy them three at a time, you wouldn't walk into a store and buy 80+ .


Death is life's way of telling you you're fired.

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