Bomb found in Hummer

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Bomb found in Hummer. 12/17/03. San Mateo Daily Journal.
http://www.smdailyjournal.org/articl...&storyID=26616

[MAC]

Bomb found in Hummer. 12/17/03. San Mateo Daily Journal.
http://www.smdailyjournal.org/articl...&storyID=26616

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Bomb found in Hummer
By Dana Yates, Daily Journal Staff

A car bomb was discovered Monday inside a recently-purchased Hummer at a Burlingame car dealership and police and federal agents are investigating whether it was placed by eco-terrorists.

“[Police] don’t know if it was a bomb that was planted by an environmental group opposed to the Humvee and what they do to the environment or if it was personal,” said City Manager Jim Nantel.

The cigar-shaped bomb was found in the engine or undercarriage and could have detonated as soon as its aluminum casing deteriorated. There was no way of saying where or when the bomb would have exploded and who might be in the car when it did, said Nantel.

The bomb was discovered by Putnam Chevrolet-Cadillac mechanics near the fuel tank after the person who recently purchased the car brought it to the service department for repairs. At 3:45 p.m. Monday, both police and fire departments responded, closed down the street and remained on scene for about two hours while the San Mateo County Bomb Squad removed the device.

Police have asked for help from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to help determine how the bomb was made and what it contains, said ATF spokeswoman Marti McKee.

Burlingame police are tight-lipped as they continue to investigate the crime. No comments can be made on whether or not the bomb was planted by an environmental group, said Burlingame police Cmdr. Jack Etten.

The Putnam dealership was to be the site of a protest a few months ago by people upset by the large, military-inspired sport utility vehicle’s poor environmental record. However, the protest was canceled after Hummers at Southern California dealerships were set on fire by eco-terrorists.

A group called ELF — or Environmental Liberation Front — is thought to be the culprit of the Southern California fires but haven’t caused problems in the Bay Area before, said McKee. The group mostly focuses its energy in Southern California and sometimes appears in northern cities like Chico and Sausalito. However, the group is apt to set things on fire rather than plant a bomb, said McKee.


Dana Yates can be reached by e-mail: dana@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 106. What do you think of this story? Send a letter to the editor: letters@smdailyjournal.com.

[ICEMAN]

I was in contact with one of the Salesmen regarding a purchase of an H2 when he told me that they were being evacuated from the dealership..

Who knows what this whole thing could be involved in.

Is it domestic terrorism/ Eco terrorism/ or someone hated the owner..

It's enough to force some weak willed person to give up the H2 and buy a Tahoe..

Not I....
Hopefully they will have the H2 I want in soon.

Larry

[noc]

OMG.. I agree.. This is getting way out of hand. We are talking about people's life here.
It's getting scary just to park outside

[Steve R]

I sincerely doubt it's eco-terrorist....these greenies can do some extreme things, but taking life or potentially harming it is way out of their MO.

My hunch is that the owner of the vehicle was the receipient of some payback OR the whole thing will turn-out not to be a bomb and it's just the t-case, which at times has been referred to as a bomb waiting to go off.....

[Patriot]

You know what the REAL issue is here don't you......

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> ....recently purchased the car brought it to the service department for repairs<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The damn thing was brand new and had some problems already....

So...can we say the lack of robustness in the H2 ACTUALLY worked to our favor in that they found the bomb? Had this vehicle been totally reliable from the start, he would not have found it and it may have gone off!

In all seriousness...it IS getting out of hand...