>"We're not aware of any reason as to why this would happen at the
>Mexican Consulate," he said.
I can think of 20-to-30 million reasons.....AAC
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:48:52 -0700, Don Gabacho <jpastore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Devices explode at Mexican consulate in New York
>
>By Michelle Nichols
>REUTERS
>
>2:56 p.m. October 26, 2007
>
>NEW YORK - Two homemade grenades exploded outside the Mexican
>Consulate in New York City early Friday in an incident Police
>Commissioner Raymond Kelly said was similar to an attack on the
>British Consulate in 2005.
>
>The grenades exploded about 3:50 a.m. Friday, breaking three windows,
>Kelly said. There were people inside the midtown Manhattan building at
>the time but they did not hear the explosion and there were no
>injuries, he said.
>
>In May 2005, two home-made grenades exploded outside an office
>building, whose tenants include the British Consulate and an executive
>linked to a company that has attracted protests for selling Israel
>bulldozers used to raze Palestinian homes.
>
>"These events are remarkably similar," Kelly told reporters. He said
>the devices used in both events were similar, the incidents happened
>about the same time of day and that in both cases a man on was seen
>riding away on a bicycle.
>
>"We're not aware of any reason as to why this would happen at the
>Mexican Consulate," he said.
>
>Police cordoned off the area outside the building and the bomb squad
>scoured the scene for evidence.
>
>When asked if it could be linked to Saturday's first anniversary of
>the death of independent U.S. journalist Brad Will in Mexico, Kelly
>said, "That's something that we're looking at. It's all part of the
>investigation."
>
>Will was killed when gunmen opened fire in Mexico's colonial city of
>Oaxaca near roadblocks set up by leftists pushing to topple a state
>governor.
>
>Initial reports of the 2005 incident drew a connection between the
>blast and the British Consulate. But police later said they were
>investigating another possible target - a board member of Caterpillar
>Inc. - who works in the building. The company sells bulldozers used by
>Israel to raze Palestinian homes.
>
>No arrests have been made in the 2005 case.
>
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