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To: Snowshoe who wrote (215586)	8/13/2007 8:34:44 PM
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Based on this report copied from Stratfor, the "terrorists" had the same type of material used by amateur rocketry hobbyists. The "pipe" was PVC pipe... Traffic Stops and Thwarted Plots mortyscabin.net By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart Two Middle Eastern men stopped by a sheriff's deputy for speeding near Goose Creek, S.C., on Aug. 4 were charged with possession of a destructive device after a search of their vehicle turned up potential bombmaking materials. The suspects, however, contend they were hauling fireworks, which are widely sold at roadside stands in South Carolina, and that they are the victims of an overzealous sheriff's department. According to Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt, the deputy was approaching the suspects' stopped vehicle when he saw one of the men close a laptop computer and attempt to hide it. This raised the deputy's suspicions and he requested permission to search the vehicle. The men consented to the search, noting that they had fireworks in the trunk. The deputy, however, concluded that the trunk contained more than a few fireworks, and called for backup. The items discovered inside the vehicle include potassium nitrate, sugar, gasoline and PVC pipe. Also found were so-called "hobby rocket igniters" and "hobby fuse," materials that can be used to make both model rockets and pipe bombs. A bomb squad summoned to the scene reportedly performed an operation to break apart, or "disrupt," one section of PVC pipe, which authorities said contained a "suspicious substance." It is indeed possible that these materials were intended for use in some innocent fun -- though they also could have been used for something far more sinister. Authorities will need to examine all of the evidence more closely to make that determination.