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Two bombs went off during morning rush hour today killing 4 wounding dozens (5/25/01) go to CNN.com World news article. Also read Colombia: War without end and see Video reports, same web site.

... in response to Double bombing kills 4 in Colombia ( Bog..., posted by Ruben on May 25, 2001

My wife was watching spanish TV news and they said a bomb was found by police in Cali in a car that was bigger than the one used in Medellin.
I think I would stay away from the really big popular hangouts.
Pete

... in response to Re: bomb attack thrwarted in Cali, posted by Pete Eiguren on May 25, 2001

That bomb was found in a pickup truck loaded with bananas. The bomb squad defused it and said it was impossible of blowing the way it was rigged. He also said that it would have to be dropped and have great velocity to have been detonated. The bomb size was a 500 pounder and had fins.  
Makes me think that a rebel group had acquired an aircrft type "dumb" iron bomb and were transporting it somewhere to be reworked as a command detonated bomb.
Keep this in mind though about the media and their analysis. They reported that a bomb capable of leveling two city blocks was found and defused, blah,blah,blah. A 500lbs bomb loaded with RDX will make a very good explosion and do a lot of damage and could bring down a a whole building, but it won't level a city block, much less two. If they were planning to leave it at the present design of a "Falling Bomb," it would have blown the faces off some buildings probably an done some very good structual damage, taking into account the type and quality of architecture common in that region, that's proabably pretty realistic assessment. If it was placed under a building, say in a parking garage a building might even come down. I can't even guess about deaths. It would depend on location and time of day.
Anyways, what I'm getting at, is that the media are embellishing bombs right now, with the situations with Colombia and Israel. I will be watching myself when I am down there next month and don't misunderstand me, that bomb and the others have and are dangerous in the extreme, but the media's description is unrealistic. Anything to make a story more dramatic.
Anyways, that's my Bomb and explosive class of the day, being Memorial Day Weekend and all.
Everyone have a good one.
Keith

... in response to Double bombing kills 4 in Colombia ( Bog..., posted by Ruben on May 25, 2001

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded outside the National University in Colombia's capital of Bogota early on Friday, killing four people and injuring 10 others, police and witnesses said.

Rescue crews rushed to the scene and police cordoned off the area after the explosion, shortly after 8 a.m. (9 a.m. EDT). It was not immediately clear who had planted the bombs.

Colombia, gripped by a 37-year-old war, has seen a recent revival in a car bombing campaign with two explosions this year in the city of Medellin and another in Cali.

Earlier this week, police deactivated a car bomb big enough to wipe out a city block parked outside the headquarters of communist magazine Voz, a forum for the country's biggest rebel force, the FARC. Outlawed right-wing bombers were suspects in that car bomb.

... in response to Re: Double bombing kills 4 in Colombia (..., posted by Traveller on May 25, 2001

I saw the bomb squad blow the car up...it was nothing capable of blowing up a city block....but, a bomb is a bomb....immediately afterwards...the army in BQ, blocked off a bunch of streets and searched EVERY car for arms and bombs, I guess they were worried about a coordinated nation wide outbreak...never seen so many SERIOUS Colombian Army faces...and they were sporting UZIS...what a trip.

Later,
Mike