Sellafield - why a bomb wasn't 'news'
Skeptik | 13.12.2007 18:13 | Terror War
Anyone catch this little article tucked away in the 'News in Brief' section of the Guardian yesterday?
'Search for Sellafield man missing after bomb find'
Police are looking for a Sellafield contract worker who is missing after a bomb was found at his home. Darren Morris, 30, was recently employed at the nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria as part of an external contract team. Bomb disposal experts were called to his home in Egremont, Cumbria, on Monday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered. A 100-metre cordon was placed around the property and a neighbouring house was evacuated as the "small, rudimentary device" was made safe. Morris was said to be about 1.7 metres (5ft 7in) tall, with a distinctive scar on his neck.
Sorry - a BOMB in the home of a nuclear power station worker hardly gets a mention! Where's the front page screaming 'TERRORIST!" and "DAY EVIL!".
Now why could that be? Possibilities include the need to downplay the massive threat of nuclear if it becomes a target for terrorists ( you remember them? We live in constant threat of their attacks don't we?) Another reason could be that the guy doesn't appear to be a Muslim. Well that's one final reassurance when we get blasted apart or radiated - at least this wasn't a religious or political act. I personally would feel so much happier knowing I'd been wiped out by a bog-standard nutter.
'Search for Sellafield man missing after bomb find'
Police are looking for a Sellafield contract worker who is missing after a bomb was found at his home. Darren Morris, 30, was recently employed at the nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria as part of an external contract team. Bomb disposal experts were called to his home in Egremont, Cumbria, on Monday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered. A 100-metre cordon was placed around the property and a neighbouring house was evacuated as the "small, rudimentary device" was made safe. Morris was said to be about 1.7 metres (5ft 7in) tall, with a distinctive scar on his neck.
Sorry - a BOMB in the home of a nuclear power station worker hardly gets a mention! Where's the front page screaming 'TERRORIST!" and "DAY EVIL!".
Now why could that be? Possibilities include the need to downplay the massive threat of nuclear if it becomes a target for terrorists ( you remember them? We live in constant threat of their attacks don't we?) Another reason could be that the guy doesn't appear to be a Muslim. Well that's one final reassurance when we get blasted apart or radiated - at least this wasn't a religious or political act. I personally would feel so much happier knowing I'd been wiped out by a bog-standard nutter.
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He has been found... and released on bail!
13.12.2007 20:23
The story from the local media:
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Police bail for bomb suspect
A SELLAFIELD contractor arrested after a homemade bomb was found at his house in Cumbria has been released on police bail.
Darren Morris, 30, was held by detectives following the discovery of a “small, rudimentary explosive device” by bailiffs calling at his home in Egremont on Monday.
Neighbours were evacuated, a bomb disposal squad brought in and a 100m cordon put in place around the property on Southey Walk.
The device was made safe and it was taken away for forensic examinations.
Morris was yesterday bailed until January 28 as investigations continued.
A police spokesman said: “A 30-year-old man has been released on police bail pending a forensic examination of the items seized and consideration of the case papers by the Crown Prosecution Service.”
Morris was not at the house when the explosive – a crude device believed to involve an industrial-type firework – was discovered.
A search was launched and he was arrested after attending Workington police station with a solicitor following an appeal for information about his whereabouts. He was arrested on suspicion of possessing an explosive substance with intent to endanger life.
Officers have stressed there was no risk to the public, no link to Sellafield other than the fact Morris worked there and he had no links to any extremist groups.
They said that the investigation focussed on concerns for Morris’s own welfare and initially declared him “a vulnerable, missing person”.
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Sellafield bombs - no risk to the public?!
13.12.2007 21:14
"As well as the threat of a bomb, missile or hijacked plane hitting Sellafield, Dr Thompson raises the possibility of a rogue worker or terrorist infiltrator at Sellafield sabotaging the cooling equipment which prevents the stored waste from boiling and causing a massive radioactive release."
But, of course, since he wasn't a muslim:
"Officers have stressed there was no risk to the public, no link to Sellafield other than the fact Morris worked there and he had no links to any extremist groups."
Does this remind you of the story like this from last year?
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