Vehicle explodes in hotel-convention center parking lot kills one in Nashv

[Kadie]

Vehicle explodes in hotel-convention center parking lot kills one in Nashville

LUCAS L. JOHNSON II, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, July 21, 2004



07-21) 08:58 PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --

A sport utility vehicle exploded in a parking lot at Nashville's largest hotel, killing one male inside, and authorities said they suspected a homemade bomb was involved.

The explosion occurred late Tuesday about a half-mile from the main entrance of Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, and about 200 feet from a day care center, which was closed, said Jim Cavanaugh of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Police said the blast was felt miles away, and it left nothing but a shell of the SUV.

Investigators from the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force were at the scene, but FBI agent Doug Riggin said there was no reason to suspect terrorism.

Cavanaugh said the cause hadn't yet been determined but investigators suspect a homemade bomb.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/07/21/national1158EDT0544.DTL

[spinbaby]

1. No reason to suspect terrorism?

How is an SUV blowing up in a parking lot outside of a major hotel and convention center not a sign of terrorism?

[Terran]

4. I think that's code...

for "No reason to suspect any brown-skinned people from countries we don't like. So it's okay. Move along NOW."

[NewYorkerfromMass]

14. Tim McVeigh would disagree

as would Mr. Nichols.

[The Stranger]

18. No they wouldn't.

Did McVeigh and Nichols end up at Guantanamo? (Answer: No). They were they actually charged and tried in a civilian court for 171 acts of murder.

[hightime]

7. We had a wife try to get rid of her husband this way in Ohio.

I am sketchy on the facts, it's been years. I think the victim lived.

[TrogL]

16. Probably gang warfare

[mom cat]

19. Simple! The bomb made itself, snuck into someone's SUV and

then set itself off....kind of like Edith Ann's cookies that ate each other all up. :shrug:

[MGKrebs]

2. Wow. Pipe bomb here in Atlanta today too.

A pipe bomb explosion shook a Gwinnett County subdivision early Wednesday morning, and agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) were on the scene to search for any more devices.

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=49488

[Beetwasher]

3. Pipe Bomb In NYC Subway Too The Other Day

Nope, no terrorism they assure us! :shrug:

[dave29]

5. Peace is breaking out everywhere

It's like paradise on Earth

[Bo]

15. and God talks through the coked up frat boy.....

[Kool Kitty]

22. and the coked-up frat boy talks through his ass...

[Bhaisahab]

23. and his ass says the world is safer from terra. so move on losers.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

6. If the "terrorists" hit the mainland U. S., it will be a LOT bigger....

...than a homemade pipebomb.

FratBoy needs something REALLY BIG to allow him to declare martial law and postpone elections.

[madrchsod]

8. it`s" pipe bomb wednesday"

the new york pipebomb may have been "set " by a transit worker,he`s been let go do to "medical problems"...

[Ivote]

9. Batten Down The Hatches It Looks Like Eye of The Storm

Georgia: Freeper drives truck through polling place

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2031910

Union Protestors Killed on Long Island
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2033427

[iconoclastic cat]

10. Holy crap! Call Ralph Nader!

See, Ralph, this is your real calling...

[Kahuna]

11. It was only a matter of time before we'd get suicide bombers...

Thanks Shrub! :puke:

[MaineDem]

13. You mean "suiciders"?

He does slaughter the English language, doesn't he?

Hopefully, these are one-off incidents and not indicative of a larger concerted plan.

[JayS]

12. Keep us posted! n/t

n/t

[Wednesdays]

17. This is hardly the work of a sophisticated organization

Any teenager could build a pipe bomb.

[truthisfreedom]

20. seems like a weird place to make a statement...

i'd expect a terror attack to take place elsewhere.

[fr3]

21. Maybe they want to upset us

The Repugs will be using this to take away more of our rights.

They won;t be happy until until they control everyone.

[Fleshdancer]

24. Is TN considered a battle state in this election?

It's one thing to have an event happen and THEN put on the tinfoil hat. But many DUers predicted crap like this happening right before the election and it's freaking me out.

[Fleshdancer]

25. Remember this Ohio terror plot???

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5209103/

June 15, 2004

WASHINGTON - A Columbus, Ohio, man has been charged with participating in an al-Qaida plot to blow up a shopping mall in Ohio, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Monday.

“The American heartland was targeted for death and destruction by an al-Qaida cell,” Ashcroft said at a news conference announcing the four-count indictment against the man, Nuradin Abdi, 32, a cellular telephone business owner in Columbus who is originally from Somalia.

The indictment, which was handed up by a criminal grand jury in Columbus on Thursday and was unsealed Monday, charges that Abdi conspired with admitted al-Qaida member Iyman Faris and others to detonate a bomb at a shopping mall in the Columbus area after he obtained military-style training in Ethiopia.

FBI officials in Columbus said there were no indications which mall was supposed to have been targeted.