Now the Swedes have a McDonalds of their own
Bombs were found in three different Dutch IKEA outlets:
Police in the Netherlands are searching all 10 outlets of the Ikea furniture chain in the country, after finding bombs in three stores.The first two devices were discovered in Amsterdam and Sliedrecht, near the port city of Rotterdam, on Tuesday evening.
The bomb found at the Sliedrecht store later exploded at a police station, injuring two policemen.
The police found a third device at the Ikea store in the central town of Utrecht on Wednesday morning, which was detonated in the car park...
Ikea issued a statement saying there were strong indications that there might be more explosives in other outlets.
"We don't believe this is a terrorist-related action," said Amsterdam police spokesman Remco Gerretsen.
So what kind of "activists" do we have here? Anti-capitalist? Anti-Swede? Anti-corporate? Anti-UNMOVIC? Vegans? Supporters of the Rotterdam Four? A "Buy Nothing" protest gone horribly awry?
Anti-furniture activists?
UPDATE: Here's another story with more detail on the unsavory history of IKEA founder Ingmar Kamprad, and allegations of child labor issues in the manufacturing process. Ray doesn't hold a candle to Ingmar. A filthy rich former Nazi alcoholic (i.e., a one-man Swedish microcosm.) Bad stuff. Still, I can't see how trying to murder a few random Dutch people helps any. But maybe that's just me...
Posted by Dr. Frank at December 4, 2002 07:21 AM | TrackBack