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Backpack full of Molotov cocktails found in S.F. Discovery near planter box at 11th and Howard streets Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Saturday, March 22, 2003 San Francisco -- A backpack full of Molotov cocktails was found Friday where anti-war demonstrators had earlier been dodging San Francisco police, and authorities said they suspected a protester of stashing the explosive devices. About a dozen bottles filled with gasoline and equipped with makeshift fuses were discovered at 10 a.m. by a developmentally disabled man who was tending a planter box on the corner of 11th and Howard streets, near an outreach center. The weapons, which are designed to explode when the gasoline fumes hit the lit fuse after the bottle is broken, were probably hidden in the bushes by a demonstrator Thursday night, police said. No one, however, was immediately arrested in connection with the find. The man who found the explosives brought them to a friend who works around the corner at a printing plant. The man, Carl Hester, 43, immediately realized the danger and called police. "Peace protesting with Molotov cocktails?" Hester said angrily after police had cordoned off the area and sent in hazardous materials specialists. "What . . . is that?" Lt. Larry Minasian said most of the weapons were fashioned out of beer bottles, but one quart-size bottle may have been an olive oil container. They were wrapped in newspaper and rags and stuffed with a wrench in a black backpack. Minasian said they were probably stashed when riot police swept through to break up roving groups of protesters in the area. "Molotov cocktails are extremely dangerous," Minasian said. "Flammable gasoline is almost like napalm. These are created to hurt people or cause significant damage." Hester, who works in shipping and receiving at Biss Printing Inc. on Natoma Street, said stashing explosives where developmentally disabled people are likely to find them is worse than shameful. "My friend has Down's syndrome and he doesn't talk very well, so he brought it to me because I understand him," Hester said. "He's so innocent. He has a smile every day. To jeopardize his life like that is crazy." Investigators interviewed the witnesses, photographed the evidence and processed the bottles for fingerprints before handing them over to the Fire Department for disposal. "This is a big find," Minasian said. "It raises the level of caution for the demonstrations." E-mail Peter Fimrite at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Outgoing mail is certified virus free Scanned by Norton AntiVirus <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
