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Old 29-August-2007, 02:42 PM
Matherly Matherly is offline
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Default Havey's Bombing

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Originally Posted by SkepticJ View Post
I think just time-bombs in general are a pretty tired cliché. They're almost never used in RL. I'm not the world's greatest history buff or anything, but outside of some covert military strike we'll never hear about, I don't think they've been used that much since WWII, by the French Resistance etc.
Off the top of my head I can think of a "Hollywood" Time Bomb. The Harvey's Bombing in 1980 had your standard "overly elaborate time bomb" which the FBI were unable to diasarm and which detonated. Thankfully, the area was evacuated and no one was hurt.
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