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Mailbox pipebomber moving west { May 7 2002 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43390-2002May7.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43390-2002May7.html FBI: Domestic Terror Moving West By Colleen Slevin Associated Press Writer Tuesday, May 7, 2002; 12:25 AM SALIDA, Colo. –– An FBI official said a pipe bomb found in a Colorado mailbox Monday appeared linked to 16 others found in three Midwestern states, raising concerns that the domestic terrorism spree is spreading West. "We have a rather disturbing pattern where the subjects are moving West rather quickly," FBI agent Mark Mershon said. "We're looking for someone who is mobile. We're moving mountains to determine who that is." A resident found the device in a sandwich bag with a piece of folded paper in the small mountain community of Salida, about 100 miles southwest of Denver. It did not explode. "The device is consistent in description and appearance with 16 other devices recovered since Friday in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska," Mershon said. He said the fact that the other devices were found in clusters makes authorities fear that more bombs may be delivered in the area. Postal carriers near Salida have been told not to deliver materials to any closed mailbox but that they could deliver to the home's front door. Mershon said he hadn't seen the paper inside with the device, so he didn't know whether it was similar to the anti-government letter found with the other devices. A bomb squad from the Colorado Springs Police Department took the bomb. It wasn't clear whether police planned to detonate it. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms spokesman Rich Marianos said a second Colorado pipe bomb was found late Monday in a field about 35 miles east of Salida. He said it did not fit the characteristics of the other devices. Also Monday, another mailbox bomb was found in rural Nebraska. It was the eighth discovered in the state and the 16th in the Midwest since last week. Six people were injured by mailbox pipe bombs in Illinois and Iowa on Friday. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening. The latest Nebraska pipe bomb was found near Hastings in the mailbox of someone who had been away for the weekend, authorities said. It did not explode. There was no immediate word on whether it was accompanied by the same anti-government note found with the other devices. The explosive was disarmed Monday evening by Nebraska State Patrol bomb technicians aft

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