Explosives seized at border

A large border crossing between Washington and British Columbia was closed today after "a small amount of explosives" were discovered in a car - a car travelling from the United States to Canada, no less:

The biggest northern border crossing west of Detroit was closed for about an hour Monday after Canadian guards found "a small amount" of explosives in a car entering the country from the United States, Canadian customs officials said.

They did not specify what type of explosives was found.

"We found a small amount of explosives in a car coming in from the United States and immediately closed and evacuated the port," Canadian customs spokeswoman Paula Shore said.

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police bomb squad was called in to remove the explosives, Shore said.

This could be something big, but I have my doubts about it having anything to do with terrorist activity - Islamic terrorism, at any rate. It's hopelessly naive to assume Canada faces no danger of a terrorist attack, but it's hard to imagine Islamofascists diverting their resources from the Great Satan to set off bombs in one of the Lesser Satans.

So what else could it be? A right-wing extremist, protesting legalized gay marriage in B.C.? A Vancouver IndyMidiot who had a leftover Molotov Cocktail in the back seat? A stupid mistake? Your guess is as good as mine.

Posted by damian at February 16, 2004 07:35 PM