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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:30 PM Original message |
US soldier caught boarding flight with explosive |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmm. Feeling him up wouldn't have helped -- or didn't help -- detect this. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. That's because the contraband has a distinctive odor. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. It's the plastisizer that has the odor. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. I guess he just wanted something more from his smokes. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Goldbricks would eat it to get on sick call. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Are you implying this theiving attempted smuggler is lazy? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. No. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. First, it IS good that they can actually catch people with explosives. Second... |
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ArcticFox (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. He could have driven |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Well at least he didn't have over 3 ounces of shampoo |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Once again, shampoo is not the problem. The 3 oz limit is |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Dumbass... |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Without a blasting cap |
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pasto76 (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. a giant firecracker will also work. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You'd think so. |
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vanbean (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. It takes 500 psi. Maybe he was thinking of prill. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Not so. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Pardon me. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I bet an M 80 would get it going |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. No it won't. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. You don't think so? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 04:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. The Blasting Cap used in a Claymore has a booster charge. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Live and learn |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Did the artillery rounds give off Black Smoke or White Smoke |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. They impacted 29,000 meters away |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I thought you might have been at a Fire Base |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I was like three when the siege of Khe Sanh occurred |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Yeah - and no terrorist would ever team up with a buddy so |
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buckrogers1965 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Lucky he didn't just mail it to himself before he flew. |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm gonna guess he's not going to be in the Army any longer |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. He probably just thought it'd be cool to show to the guys back home |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. A souvenir |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. So someone was caught with an illicit substance and that proves |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. Army private arrested after C4 allegedly found in luggage |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I thought the checked luggage was supposed to be xrayed. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. They use explosive dogs, sniffer tech, and that goofy test they sometimes do on your luggage |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. PETA will want to hear more about the explosive dogs!! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Nyuck, nyuck! nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. They flat out open and search your luggage, too. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yes, I didn't mention that--they leave a note inside your bag saying |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Well heres the question |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yes, he stole it from explosives training. eom |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It creates jobs! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. They found it, didn't they? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Jeez, don't you know the point of the pat downs? |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. All snark aside, I'm glad they caught it |
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