Isn’t it curious that Michelle Malkin– the wingnut blogosphere’s queen of terrorism-related breaking news and breathless updates– has not blogged a single word about this? Just imagine if the device had been found at a school, or a mall, or an airport. Michelle Malkin would have been all over the story like fleas on a dog. But an IED found outside a women’s clinic? Apparently not newsworthy in Michelle Malkin’s world.

From the Austin American Statesman:

Police: Device near clinic was a bomb
Sources say it contained nails; federal agencies join investigation.

By Tony Plohetski, Claire Osborn and Elizabeth Campbell
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, April 27, 2007

A package found Wednesday in the parking lot of a South Austin women’s clinic that performs abortions contained a bomb that could have seriously injured or killed people had it not been spotted by a clinic employee, officials said Thursday.

A terrorism task force made up of local and federal investigators is still trying to determine who left the package near the Austin Women’s Health Center at 1902 S. Interstate 35, north of Oltorf Street, and are reviewing footage from the clinic’s security cameras.

During a news conference Thursday, investigators declined to be more specific about the contents of the package — which was in what Austin Assistant Police Chief David Carter called a “carry-all bag” — other than to say that it contained explosive powder.

Two sources familiar with the contents, who didn’t want to be identified because of the ongoing investigation, said the device also contained nails. Jimmie Oxley, a nationally known explosives expert and chemistry professor at the University of Rhode Island, said bomb makers often add nails to devices to make them deadlier.

(H/T- Instaputz)