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- SmackMyMac, on 10/12/2007, -2/+72Grissom: "I guess you could say business is booming on the strip tonight."
*Cue CSI Theme Music* - Dhalsim007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+62Backpacks don't kill people ... PEOPLE kill people. (This message brought to you by the National Backpack Association)
- ucg1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25Murder? Are they sure he didn't just have a Dell (or Sony) laptop in his bag?
- diversionmary, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24That's ridiculous. Who needs backpacks with TWO straps? Hunters certainly don't. We need to outlaw backpacks with two straps and multiple zippers. These 'Back to school specials' are tearing apart our inner city youth.
I propose a 10 day waiting period for all backpacks and bags and for federal laws limiting straps, zippers and opacity. - kefler, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Just in case, everyone fire up Rainbow 6: Vegas to be ready.
- FoodForDog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Update to the article:
Police said the blast was not a terrorist act but an apparent murder of a Luxor employee. No threat had been made against the Luxor, Cassell said. "We believe the victim of this event was the intended target," Cassell said. He said another hotel employee narrowly escaped injury when the device exploded. Cassell said the case was being investigated as "a homicide with an unusual weapon." - 2k3john, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Something you wear on your back back
- Lister169, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Hey, I thought what happened in Vegas was supposed to stay in Vegas.
- sundancekid503, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Sounds like a hit to me.. I bet the victim owed money to the wrong people.
- sarazen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15I guess the question here is to whom did the backpack belong. Did the guy blow himself up early by accident, or was it some poor fella who found it on his car.
- 2k3john, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Hard to do when your toes and fingers are being propelled in all different directions at a high rate of speed...
- corywingerter, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15"Officer Bill Cassell, a police spokesman....declined to describe the device, but said initial reports that it was a backpack were wrong."
Here's more info:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OVL39G0&show_article=1 - uptown, on 10/12/2007, -7/+20....and then I usually cue the channel change as well.
- s000t, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13What the hell is a "pack pack"?
- Mosatii, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13@indred
Calm down there buddy, that's CSI: Miami - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13"YEAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"
I didn't know Howard Dean posted on Digg.
>.> - Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@wild (#6561154)
CNN changed the text of the article in an attempt to protect the powerful backpack lobby. It's a conspiracy!! - chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9You've just broken the first rule of hitchhiking in space.
- wild, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8For some of us it wasn't, as you point out, UPDATED when we read it.
Asshat. - DanThePainter, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14>>.....Terrorists used exploding backpacks in the 7/7 London bombings, and of course, today is the seventh of May, so there could be some connection between the two. No news agency has posted any further details as of yet, but I will be keeping tabs on the news channels today to see if anything else develops.
I would say that this appears botched, and unlikely to have been part of a terrorist attack, unless we see other explosions. A backpack explosive is designed to kill people, not damage structures, and I suspect the man wanted to get it into the casino first before touching it off, if he was part of a terrorist network. If so, we will see more casino attacks in rapid succession. If not, this may be just a lunatic operating on his own. >>
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/009902.php - airencracken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8EVERYBODY PANIC!
[/fark] - chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8So....you've never been to school, eh?
- rstarr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9DID YOUR SHIFT KEY GET STUCK???
- nips, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7So Vegas can handle real exploading devices without the need to call it terrorism or use vague maybes, what's up with Boston?
- ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It's a good thing it wasn't a mod hit. Lord knows how nasty the mod can be.
- loquax, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6You can have my backpack when you pry it from my cold dead hands......
- skored, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Looks like they changed the headline of the story and the reporting since I submitted it. Exploding device kills man....
- Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@nips (#6561851)
Well, it did *actually explode,* you know. - MrClownn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Why is it always Terrorists these days? Outstanding gambling debts can make certain powerful organizations very angry...and if you can't pay monetarily, there are other ways...
- canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7i'm guessing it was early, or more likely late. if you're looking for maximum damage in a vegas casino, you don't do it early monday morning. saturday night, especially with the big fight in town, would have been optimal. so perhaps this was supposed to go down sat, but failed for some reason?
the good news is that it doesn't have the typical al-qaeda signatures of multiple simultaneous attacks. with any luck, it was some lone nutjob or just some freak accident.
i just hope it wasn't a piece getting put in place for a larger attack planned for 7/7/07 which seems like it would be right up al-qaeda's alley, and vegas the perfect place for it. - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5The rockers are even worse.
- threemagic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Summation of updated article:
Device was on the top of his car
He worked for the Luxor casino
He was the intended target (assumed)
He was not a victim of a mod hit or terrorist attack - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Target destroyed.
- echo2501, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@texpundit
No, Roger Daltrey does. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Agent 47 failed to achieve Silent Assassin level.
- koick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And one-quart size only!
- hartonorb, on 09/08/2009, -0/+1i can accept it any more...!
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http://lasvegascasino-s.com/cheap-vegas-vacation-p ... - idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"pack pack"? I just had an elementary school flashback
Seriously I thought I was seven again - honestpen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It was an assassination, obviously.
- macfanboi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"I said Mustard and Relish, no Ketchup!"
- CoolWind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1DIGG: the last place to get your news. It's sooo inaccurate.
- threemagic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The Mod are a dyslexic group of Italians.
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Good thing he's not hitchhiking in space.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Killings and explosions… I thought NBA All-Star weekend was over already?
- dsanonline, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I live in Las Vegas and was close enough to hear the bang. For a brief moment, I thought terrorists had done it. After watching the news and whatnot, it seems more like a MOB hit than anything else. Still to early to tell.
- MrShmee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1wow... I guess my Vegas vacation ended at a good time. Just flew back on Saturday. And the Luxor is one block from where we were staying too...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Has the muslim responsible been caught?
- moocow1452, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1How do you stop an exploding backpack?
[/Heroes] - ChronicColonic, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4The backpack with the one strap on? It's safe. It belongs to Melissa Etheridge.
- RetroRufio, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4I'm guessing it was his [hits caps lock] CAPS LOCK!
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