# NOT a terrorist bomb in Iowa City!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-terrorist-bomb-in-iowa-city/660865>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 13, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-terrorist-bomb-in-iowa-city/660865 "2013-06-13T00:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-terrorist-bomb-in-iowa-city/660865/1 "2013-06-13T00:57:53Z")

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“Iowa City Police say the suspicious package that interrupted downtown Iowa City Sunday evening was nothing more than a piece of art…  
The Johnson County Metro Bomb Team cordoned off the area, used a remote control robot to analyze the item, and destroyed it with a water cannon.”

> **[Iowa City Police: Suspicious package was an electronic art piece](https://www.thegazette.com/2013/06/12/iowa-city-police-suspicious-package-was-an-electronic-art-piece/)**
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> Iowa City Police say the suspicious package that interrupted downtown Iowa City Sunday evening was nothing more than a piece …

I am reading more and more about these type incidents.

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**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-terrorist-bomb-in-iowa-city/660865/2 "2013-06-13T01:24:52Z")

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So two cottage cheese containers, a magazine, a knitting needle, a piece of maybe a magazine blow-in post card and a handwritten note that looks like a ransom note constitutes “electronic art” these days? Because that’s what it looks like in the picture.

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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-terrorist-bomb-in-iowa-city/660865/3 "2013-06-13T16:13:20Z")

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I know it’s not fair, but every time I hear a story like this, I imagine the bomb squad guys as a bunch of 19-year-old frat boys, blowing shit up just because they can.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-terrorist-bomb-in-iowa-city/660865/4 "2013-06-13T17:21:17Z")

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The robot was thinking, “THIS UNIT HAS NOT BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR ART. THIS UNIT JUST KNOWS WHAT IT LIKES.”