Nbadan
10-07-2005, 12:17 AM
Oct 6, 2005
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Four homemade bombs exploded on Thursday at U.S.-owned banks and a Blockbuster video store in Argentina in what appeared to be a protest against U.S. President George W. Bush's visit next month, police said.
No one was hurt in the early-morning blasts targeting two Citibank branches and another belonging to BankBoston outside the capital, Buenos Aires. But damage at the Blockbuster store was considerable.
Pamphlets that read "No to Bush in Argentina!" were found in the debris, signed by unknown groups including the "Che Guevara Anti-Imperialist Commando," said Oscar Rodriguez, police chief in the suburb of San Miguel.
Vandals also smashed windows at a Ford car dealership, police said.
Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-10-07T020432Z_01_YUE676852_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-ARGENTINA-USA.xml)
Someone should have told the bombers that blowing up a Blockbuster would actually make some Americans happy.
:hat
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Four homemade bombs exploded on Thursday at U.S.-owned banks and a Blockbuster video store in Argentina in what appeared to be a protest against U.S. President George W. Bush's visit next month, police said.
No one was hurt in the early-morning blasts targeting two Citibank branches and another belonging to BankBoston outside the capital, Buenos Aires. But damage at the Blockbuster store was considerable.
Pamphlets that read "No to Bush in Argentina!" were found in the debris, signed by unknown groups including the "Che Guevara Anti-Imperialist Commando," said Oscar Rodriguez, police chief in the suburb of San Miguel.
Vandals also smashed windows at a Ford car dealership, police said.
Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-10-07T020432Z_01_YUE676852_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-ARGENTINA-USA.xml)
Someone should have told the bombers that blowing up a Blockbuster would actually make some Americans happy.
:hat