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To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (46060)	12/18/1999 8:38:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116764

I said I most feared the actions of bad guys inside & from outside our borders during Y2k, my fears were not paranoia: DECEMBER 18, 04:03 EST Man Seized at Border for Explosives By LAURENCE M. CRUZ Associated Press Writer Ahmed Ressam AP/Stevan Morgain [18K] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEATTLE (AP) ? A man charged with bringing more than 30 ounces of the highly flammable, explosive oil nitroglycerin into the United States apparently was not planning to stay in the country very long. Ahmed Ressam, 32, was charged Friday with bringing the explosive oil into the United States from Canada, having false identification and making false statements to U.S. Customs Service officials. The charges follow his arrest Tuesday by authorities in Port Angeles, who said he had bomb-making ingredients in the trunk of his rental car. The timing of his arrival ? shortly before the millennial New Year's Eve ? ``is very interesting,' said Jesse Chester, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. ``It raises a lot of questions in a lot of our minds as far as motive.' ATF agent Jesse Chester: ATF wants to know the purpose of the chemicals found on the man -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to court papers, Ressam had reserved a room Tuesday in a downtown motel just blocks from the Space Needle and the Seattle Center, site of the city's huge millennial New Year's Eve bash. Court papers show that after his arrival in Seattle on Tuesday, Ressam had planned to fly to New York the next day and then on to London. He already had booked the flights. His travel plans unraveled in (cont) wire.ap.org

To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (46060)	12/18/1999 8:46:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116764

another example of valid Y2k fears?: DECEMBER 18, 07:04 EST Potential Bomb Materials Stolen By MICHELLE RUSHLO Associated Press Writer FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) ? Federal agents questioned rock quarry workers and examined footprints and tire tracks in an effort to determine who stole 1,000 pounds of explosive materials. Authorities said Friday about 750 pounds of fuel-soaked ammonium nitrate, 225 pounds of dynamite, 6,000 feet of detonation cord and roughly 20 blasting caps were stolen from locked storage at the flagstone quarry. The thefts occurred either Monday or Tuesday. The materials are common mining equipment but also could be used to make a bomb strong enough to level a high-rise building, authorities said. Ammonium nitrate was the main ingredient in the 4,800-pound device used to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995; 168 people were killed. ``If someone knew what they were doing, they could do a lot of damage,' said Larry Bettendorf, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The materials had been kept in two locked steel-plated boxes beside a dirt road in an area to which at least a dozen employees normally have access, authorities said. ``This is a very remote site,' Bettendorf said. ``There was no security.' Authorities would not say how the boxes were opened and said they also were looking into the late reporting of the theft. Workers apparently noticed the theft Monday or Tuesday, but didn't report it until Thursday. Company officials could not be reached for comment. The ATF, which regulates explosives and firearms, had 11 agents examining the site ? a remote, rocky canyon west of Flagstaff. Bettendorf said there was no known motive. ``We don't know what their intention is, that's part of our concern,' he said. Coconino County Sheriff Joe Richards said authorities knew of no threats related to the theft and that no suspects had been identified. wire.ap.org