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What Was an Improvised Explosive Device Doing Alongside a Texas Highway?
- Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:17pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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That’s the question authorities are asking after finding an IED on the side of Highway 77 in Brownsville, Texas.
Valley Central has the story:
Police said the modified hand grenade had a poorly constructed casing and no detonation device.
Authorities had rerouted traffic as a precaution while the Brownsville Police Department bomb squad disarmed and disabled the device.
Brownsville police said there was no danger to any infrastructure or to the public at any time during the incident.
Investigators said the IED had a very small yield of impact and if it had actually exploded, it would have caused minimal damage.
But as of Monday afternoon, authorities still don’t know the IED got there or who made it.
KRGV has this report:
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Comments (116)
moosebeeusa
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:59pmStupid foreigner Cab driver cheez
Report Post »TOPOFTHEGAME
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:44pmI thought we just had EXPLODING GAS PRICES
Report Post »BonnieBlueFlag
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:55pmBah-dum-ching!
Report Post »high school drop out
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:37pmWhat is it with idiots and bombs?……They seem to be standard equiptment in any imbicle kit
Report Post »geonj
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:33pmmexican drug cartels or islamists illegally crossing the border to cause terror.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:43pmNow, now–any lib will tell you it‘s racist jumping to conclusions like that when they already ’decided’ it was a TEA.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:33pmthat is a rather silly question – it’s there to kill or maim someone and get attention.
Report Post »Nations
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:32pmThis is what our nation has come to due to our lackadaisical Obama regime’s attitude for governing and the mindset of this present government. It is like we are being run by the girls volleyball team and they all are just boy crazy. No dedication and little tradition other than their own selfish agenda. We have no Leader in this nation. I am totally sick of Obama and his democratic liberal friends who know little about governing but much on Marxism. They all need to vacate our governing bodies and go home to their little gardens. Why do we not have a NO CONFIDENCE VOTE here??? Glenn, please put up a poll of how many of us want to see this administration out of office asap. I cannot believe that I have lived long enough to see my nation destroyed by idiots.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:47pmI’m not sure how you are relating this story to our present government..but after clicking on your name i got a web-site with some interesting art work, looks like someone has been doing some LSD
Report Post »GEETAR
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:17pmif all those middle east countries can protest and remove their leaders why the hell dont we THE AMERICAN PEOPLE make our voices be heard as we did before and oust these traitors from our country.The obama administration is a discrace to the history of our great nation and need to be relieved of duty!!!!
Report Post »These people do not even hide the fact that they intend to ruin america before their time is up.We need to stand up now.The commies are fastly trying to disarm us so we wont be able to fight back. WAKE UP AMERICA DEATH IS NEAR!!!!!!!
Stoic one
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:23pmNations? are you the Author??????
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:31pmIt was taking a wiz bang! Shouldn’t the question be who put it there? One things for certine, DHA via Napalitono will look into the case, from 3:10 to 3:11 today and issue a statement about how much safer the borders are. Thank GOD Texas has rangers.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:31pmAt this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if the ATF did it and just messed it up.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:29pmAmeraq?
I will not be surprised if this country looks like this in another few years with IED’s and mass bombings. We will have done it to ourselves with believing in the myth of multiculturalism. No country has ever tried it and survived….None!
Report Post »GEETAR
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:03pmwhen i was a kid in the sixties i went to griffith park in la for my six grade graduation and saw all the hippies with their signs and flowers and peace and love for all.I thought they were pretty neat then, now these same hippies are socialist and trying to ruin our country.They want to get a free ride for all the people who dont want to work at the expence of those of us who worked to raise our kids and supported ourselves without big brother.. If you went from the leave it to beaver days to what we have now most people our age are disqusted with our country now.Has no one noticed that most of the gas stations are run by muslims now.Could this just be a coincidence or is there more to it.Next will be roadside bombs on rt 66
Report Post »GrandpapaAce
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 10:30pmGeetar,
People have been afraid of “big brother” since the 1920′s this is nothing new (hence “1984”).
Report Post »american_resolve
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:29pmNothing to see here. Move along. Just an improvised Explosive Device. Ignore the crude makings or that it was a dud – this time. All is well. It can’t happen here.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:28pmand so it begins I am surprised it took this long for them to start making these here
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:27pmSome kid pulling a fire alarm so he can watch the fun from a distance. with any luck the little brat will tattoo it on his chest so we can solve it some day. I’d ask the adult swim guys if they know anything.
Report Post »oldchevyguy
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:27pmProbably used to get some teenagers to stand up for the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE in their high school.
Report Post »madjack857
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 10:02pmIf you have a problem swaring alliagence to this country maybe you should seek shelter elsewhere.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:25pmwow….sounds like someone has brought the war home with them !
Report Post »NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:25pmA “testing of the waters” or our vigilence?
Report Post »Messenger4God
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:24pmThis might just be a test run to see how authorities respond to this kind of threat. I hope they will flush out the nest or roaches who are responsible for this.
Report Post »mickie4
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:24pmJust another OTM illegible crossing the border…nothing to worry about…..just move on…..Big Sis has it all taken car off!
Report Post »LowIQGenius
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:24pmIs that what those trinket shops down in Mexico are selling now?
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:22pmDid this device come across the border?
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:37pmprobably came from hamas or hezbollah from accross the border
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:22pmThe hamas (from venezuela) dude posing as a mexican must have dropped it on his way over the border.
Report Post »BonnieBlueFlag
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:22pmWell, Gee, I don’t know? Brownsville is only a border town where cartels run thousands of tons through every year. Cartels are known to make homemade spikes to throw at Border Patrol in a vehicle pursuit.
Guess they’re stepping up their game. Great. So glad Obama and Fatpolitano are on top of the whole border issue. What a relief.
Report Post »Constitutional
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:21pmPerhaps someone didn’t want it in their car anymore and threw it out?
Report Post »My best guess.
brickmoon
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:32pmThe ghost of a tearful Iron Eyes Cody was spotted in the vicinity.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:13pmIN MY OPINION….This is a BS story planted out in the infoworld for some BS reason.
Police said the modified hand grenade had a poorly constructed casing and no detonation device.
Well that could have been anything then. Could have been a piece of junk pipe that fell off a truck.
Infact I bet I could argue that precisely because it is so poorly constructed with no detonating device it is not an IED at all but just a piece of junk that fell off some truck.
Authorities had rerouted traffic as a precaution while the Brownsville Police Department bomb squad disarmed and disabled the device.
This stinks of BIG SIS. How do you disarm and disable a non-working device with no detonator. I wish they would stop insulting our intellegence. At best they made fools of themselfs by using all those resources and money for a piece of JUNK……………..JUST MY OPINION
Report Post »PNATTMBTCurtain
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:21pmProbably someone looking for their 15 minutes of fame. Either way, be prepared folks. The nut jobs are coming out of hiding.
Report Post »Marengo Ohio Patriot
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 8:23pmPLEASE…….. wake up: STUPID AMERICANS!!!!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:15pmhey MARENGO I did not know that there were any conservatives north of I70.
Report Post »Texas woman56
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:20pmSounds like a dry run.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:29pm“Investigators said the IED had a very small yield of impact and if it had actually exploded, it would have caused minimal damage.”
Yes. They always test the system with small stuff first. This is what we get when America is perceived a weak.
Report Post »BONETRAUMA
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:39pmGeorge Bush did it.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:46pmWell it may be small .. but blow out a tire at 70 mph in heavy traffic and it could easily kill.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:09pmOr perhaps kick up into the gas tank. Glad we will not find out.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 8:02pm@TexasWoman:
Dry run indeed, we hit upon the same idea. They are just testing us.
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 8:54pmLet’s hope it is just some incompetents we are dealing with, I would rather not have to deal with a bunch of cartels using insurgent tactics on our own highways. Then again, it will be interesting to see if it finally forces the feds to do something. Probably not, but here’s to hoping.
Report Post »VET4TRUTH
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:57amPerhaps a dry run, but………..it may have been a priming charge for, lets say, a fuel truck. It may have falling off the truck on the road.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:19pmOh this should help the summer driving season .. now I have to watch out for IED‘s and idiots who can’t drive?
Report Post »joe3
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:26pmgoing to blame it on someone from the tea party. even if they dont know who did this, they will imply it was an angry tea party person, then when they find out who did it, if they dont fit the slander they will forget about it in the media. pure propaganda will show its face.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:38pm@CatB – Lol. This is crazy, IED’s along the highway? What is this country coming to? Thanks Mr. Obama for all that you have done. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpFG2wg6KIU I didn’t know that this was what he meant by change.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:38pmThat is the “norm” …. blame the right .. then ignore it when it is proven it was someone from the left.
Report Post »BIGDAN63
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:41pmtime to mount a howitzer on the hood of the Honda civic hatchback,,,
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:44pmIED’S and high gas prices! Nice!!
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:53pmYep. No problem with that border down there. Nothing to see… Move along, move along.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 6:56pmSeems the Mexican Cartels have learned very well from their Arab friends. I wonder if they made the deal of we will help you across the border if you show us how to make IED’s. The federal government continues to do such a BANG UP job of protecting the border after all (pun intended)
Report Post »calebgs83
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:11pmI am going to go out on a limb….a MUSLIM maybe?
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:11pmCan’t wait to hear Janet “Big Sis” Napalitano’s explanation for this one.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:13pmWe know terrorists and the drug cartels have been working togeather; this sounds like either the work of a copy cat, or a test run to see just how the Americans will react before they unleash a series of them against us. Somehow I feel these things are about to get a lot more common in the USA.
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:13pmBorder patrol should = Huey Gunships.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 8:04pm@Catb Too funny…..
@ Snow I think it may be a dry run, like you said. I do hope not though.
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 8:26pm“going to blame it on someone from the tea party. even if they dont know who did this, they will imply it was an angry tea party person,” -joe3
“I am going to go out on a limb….a MUSLIM maybe?” -calebgs83
Yep. The Tea Party would never blame anyone, even if they don’t know who did this. But THE EVIL LEFT, amirite?
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:00pmThanks BO!!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:31pmBrowsville. A few short miles from the border, where it has been reported since 2006 that al-queda personell have been disguising themselves as hispanics, even learning the spanish language to get across into our country.
Report Post »I have been wondering for years when this would begin.
For more info I suggest Worldnetdaily.com, who have been covering these types of “conspiratorial” events for as long as I have been watching that site.
Mstrrlm
Posted on April 25, 2011 at 9:41pmCatb
Report Post »Isn’t that one in the same
Showtime
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 12:49amDon’t forget the illegal aliens who have a habit of driving drunk with no insurance or valid driver license.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 12:51am@J.C. McGlynn
Report Post »Posted on April 25, 2011 at 7:11pm
Can’t wait to hear Janet “Big Sis” Napalitano’s explanation for this one.
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Or maybe (What’s his name? Forgive me if I have it incorrect) Crapper’s well-informed version?
TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 1:49amHoly hell
Report Post »VET4TRUTH
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:54amStarting to sound and look like MSR Tampa?
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 9:55amthe happiness and joy of america under obama.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 8:49amSMALL YIELD??? what, only blow up ONE car and ONE family. NO IED IS ACCEPTABLE! and how do we know it came from a Mexican just because it was just across the border? Hamas has been coming across our southern border! CLOSE IT!
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