Word: truck
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...truck bomb in the heartland brought the terrible realization that America has bred its own sort of new political monster, one afflicted with hatred so malignant that only murder on a grand scale can satisfy it. Who really knows how many citizens --a dozen? a hundred?--feel so passionately that their government is the Great Satan that they would resort to such evil? This much is certain: the courage of the bereaved and the heroism of the rescuers in Oklahoma City are the stuff of true patriotism...
...found a business card from the store that McVeigh left in a police car after his arrest. The name of the store-owner's son, along with his phone number, were written on the back of the card. In Oklahoma, one witness allegedly spotted McVeigh driving a rental truck toward the building, and another claimed to have seen him speeding away in a car minutes before the explosion.Oklahoma Explosion Page
...McVeigh's first court appearance, the magistrate, Ron Howland, also turned down a request to move McVeigh's trial out of Oklahoma City. FBI agents said at the preliminary hearing that McVeigh's clothing tested positive forexplosives residue, that one witness saw McVeigh driving the rented truck the day before the bombing, and that three other witnesses thought they saw McVeigh outside the devastated building shortly before the explosion, though none could pick him out conclusively from a lineup. McVeigh, who so far has told federal investigators nothing except his name, rank and serial number, followed the proceedings...
...suspect, known as "John Doe 2," the manager of the Great Western Motel in Junction City, Kan., said today that the man had been there two days before the incident: "He spoke broken English. It was a foreign name. He said he was from Colorado. He drove a Ryder truck." Junction City is where the FBI has said the Ryder truck used in the bombing was rented...
Meanwhile, the FBI is seeking two suspects in Michigan, brothers Terry Lynn Nichols and James Douglas Nichols. CNN reported they and McVeigh are thought to be members of the Michigan Militia, a paramilitary group that held meetings in Junction City, Kan., the town where the truck used in the bombing was rented. The FBI reportedly raided the town of Decker, Michigan in connection with the bombing this afternoon...