Per FoxNews, militia arrests tied to selling of pipe bombs in MI, OH and IN

[Barack_America]

Arrests Made in Alleged Militia Activity in Midwest

Seven people have been arrested for allegedly selling pipe bombs in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, Fox News has learned.

The arrests and raids in Michigan and Indianapolis are related to alleged militia activity in the region, but are not related to international terrorism. There is not a current threat to the public, according to a law enforcement source.

An official for the FBI's Michigan bureau said initial court appearances are expected in Michigan on Monday.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/28/arrests-alleged-militia-activity-midwest/

Apologies for the source, but FoxNews is the authority when it comes to RW terrorism, after all.

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doc03 also posted this link in another thread. Yes, it very much looks like this arrest could be related and perhaps the trigger for these recent events.

Possible Monroe terrorist plot foiled

AN IMPROVISED booby trap was outside a Monroe County residence where explosive compounds, numerous blasting caps and a large amount of ammunition were among the articles seized, leading to charges against a 50-year-old man, according to Sheriff Charles R. Black Jr.

Two search warrants were executed this week, based on information that a government facility was a potential target for an explosion, Black noted.

Charlie Leroy Russell, 50, a Wayne Township resident, was arrested and faces four counts of unlawful possession of dangerous ordnance, which are fifth degree felonies, and five counts of illegal manufacture or process of explosives, which are felony 2 offenses. Black reported that additional charges are pending a review by the grand jury.

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The Monroe County Sheriff's Office executed the first search warrant Tuesday at the Wayne Township residence. Black said at that time, officers seized numerous blasting caps, improvised explosive devices, suppressed weapons, a large amount of ammunition, and chemical compounds used to manufacture explosives...

More:
http://www.timesleaderonline.com/page/content.detail/id/516982.html


Fools.

[malaise]

1. The UTUbe report did mention all three of those states

Throw away the keys.

[Gman2]

2. BURN, BABY BURN

[Mz Pip]

3. I can only imagine

the press this would be getting if these guys were Muslim.

[Barack_America]

4. Agreed. There is a disgusting double standard when the terrorism comes from the right.

[malaise]

8. Not for much longer

This will be Huge news tomorrow.

[Mz Pip]

17. I really hope so.

Terror is terror, regardless of who is doing it.

[Barack_America]

20. Me too. nt

[Renegades of Funk]

5. Fox News Reports

Seven people (D.) have been arrested for allegedly selling pipe bombs in Michigan, Ohio and Indian.a, Fox News has learned.

[havocmom]

16. Hmm, FOX didn't frame it as feds bust cottage industry in economically depressed area?

Maybe this change thing is catching on?

[havocmom]

11. I can imagine them getting a visit from the SPCA as it is

edited for bad typing skills. Am soaking fingers in coffee in hopes they wake up and cooperate

[formercia]

6. It's going to be difficult to talk their way out of this.

It's a bit more than blowing up mailboxes with M-80's.

[WeDidIt]

7. Radical Religious Extremists with bombs

Where have I heard this story before?

And why isn't this plastered all over every news channel?

[Barack_America]

12. They're crusaders for the 2nd great middle eastern religion, not the 3rd.

That's why.

Really though, it's infuriating that we're not hearing more about this.

[KittyWampus]

13. maybe at this point because warrants are sealed and Feds aren't talking yet?

[peacetalksforall]

9. Dupe. Same thing four posts down.

[Barack_America]

15. Could you link that?

When I posted this, this was the only thread in GD reporting the Fox News story.

[peacetalksforall]

21. I think a moderator can do it. Sorry, I don't think a user can do it. Posted very closely, I think

[Barack_America]

22. No problem. I had an internet hiccup when I posted this thread...

...so I was afraid that maybe it got posted twice or something.

[Tom Rinaldo]

10. Gee, I wonder if they were read their Miranda Rights...

...without even being waterboareded once?

[Yavin4]

14. Gitmo Anyone?

Where's Guiliani, the Cheneys, Mittens, et al. crying for water boarding?

Just like with the Tea Party extremists, if they're White then they're all right. Anyone else carrying guns, caught with explosives, or participating in demonstrations calling for violence, then they're terrorists and thugs that need to be tortured.

[Roland99]

18. But yet The Twit and the RNC supports the Terrorist Party.

They embrace it even.

[FarCenter]

19. Hopefully they've spiked whatever April 19 plots are brewing.

[Parker CA]

24. This at least makes it clear they will be paying very close attention to the 19th. Frackin crazies.

[Lost-in-FL]

23. Any ties to Al Tea-da? nt

[Barack_America]

25. Yes, as they (foolishly) claim.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8037942&mesg_id=8037942

Morans.

[Barack_America]

26. Freepers exclaim, "buying pipe bombs? but they're so easy to make!"

It never fails to surprise me what these people will openly admit to on the internet.

To: Oorang
What dummy would pay for a pipe bomb? They’re fairly easy to make.


19 posted on March 28, 2010 1:33:05 PM EDT by Terry Mross ("God, please send Pat Leahy to Murtha's house.")

To: Terry Mross
What dummy would pay for a pipe bomb? They’re fairly easy to make.

If you have to pay for an Improvised Explosive Device you are doing it wrong.
24 posted on March 28, 2010 1:35:52 PM EDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)

[loudsue]

27. I will feel a lot safer when they lock up all the rightwing loonies who are trying to kill

everyone who disagrees with them.

These people do NOT belong in a peaceful, law-biding society. They belong in jail.

[Cruzan]

28. Remember: IITIARDI

It Isn't Terrorism If A Republican Does It.