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British police said on Friday they had arrested a 48-year-old man who claimed to have sent one of a series of letter bombs to hit the country in recent weeks.

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ekklesiawarrior
Feb. 9, 2007, 10:27 a.m.
More likely the man wants media attention.
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natashas
Feb. 9, 2007, 11:04 a.m.
A lot of people who take responsibility for crimes they did not commit suffer from deeper emotional problems. I do not know if this was for media attention. A lot of times when these people get caught they turn into cowards. Either way at least he is getting help.
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random1734
Feb. 9, 2007, 11:43 a.m.
Since most of these seem to be directed at the motor vehicle people, who issue citations for speedind and such as that, I would expect it is someone who is very unhappy that they got ticketed.
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TechnologyExpert
Feb. 9, 2007, 11:44 a.m.
Yeah, it's possible he's a confessing falsely. No way of telling if he's a "disgruntled driver" either :-)
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BrianJJohnson
Feb. 9, 2007, noon
I find it very hard to believe that the person sending the letter bombs isnt involved with the rest of the on going letter bombs....meaning if he sent one of them and quit why are they still occuring?
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tomgoodsman
Feb. 9, 2007, 10:31 p.m.
It is kinda wired to make bomb attacs by letters..
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evelyna
Feb. 9, 2007, 11:06 p.m.
The unibomber sent packages or delivered them and did not wait around to see what happened.
Also, people get kicks out of computer viruses, flattening tires, creating false websites incriminating others.
None stick around to see how it effects the recieving end.
Sad, I think part of the fun is seeing the look on someone's face when you give them their payback.
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Markmuzz4
Feb. 10, 2007, 9:13 a.m.
hope they will catch him
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Markmuzz4
Feb. 10, 2007, 9:16 a.m.
where did you find this? on http://www.google.com news?