Posted on 06/17/2011 4:50:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
ARLINGTON, Va. — Authorities took one person into custody and closed roads around the Pentagon Friday after a "suspicious device" was found in a car, NBC News reported.
One or two other suspects who "fled the scene" on foot were being hunted by police, according to NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski.
Although it was not immediately clear what the device was, one official told NBC News that "it looks like a bomb."
The incident brought traffic to a standstill in the area.
NBCWashington.com reported that the suspicious vehicle was discovered on Washington Boulevard.
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Religion of Peace just having a little advance 4th of July fun.
If they could only know if it were left by a male of middle eastern persuasion between 20 and 35 years of age they could just drop what they are doing and go on with normal business and save some money.
I 'spose it may be a little ol' blue haired lady of Finnish persuasion however and we MUST keep our guard up!
They call him Ishmael.
was it a package of weiners?
backpack w/5 lbs of ammonium nitrate....(Ethiopian)
What a cluster: 385 north exit to Washington Blvd closed, to get to Pentagon City you had to get on off at Glebe Road and drive over to Rt. 1, then thru Crystal City. No way to get to over to Clarendon-Ballston from 395 if you don’t get off at the disaster that is Glebe. Gridlock and angry drivers. All it takes is one stupid glitch like this to bring everything to a grinding halt. If there ever were a real disaster, we would all be screwed. Better like where you are when traffic stops, because you’re going to be there for a long, long time. I hope whoever did this goes to prison.
this is swell. we wanted to go to Henderson Hall today.. damned methodists..
All it takes is one stupid glitch like this to bring everything to a grinding halt.
Figure out all the routes going away from the senate office buildings.
Buy a bunch of ‘clunkers’ and have one ‘break down’ on each of the routes at the same time.
Make it thursday afternoon before a three day weekend.
But Metro keeps on going!
WMAL says presser coming up. Arrest made of man w/backpack full of nitrate/shells/AQ materials
“the Pentagon” is a pretty big hard target for one car bomb and one backpack
Either there are more pieces to this plot or they were on the way to a softer target, metro or bus area perhaps?
The radical church of the Lutherans? Southern Baptists? Who would do such a Dastardly deed? The Granny Quilting Group in the United Meheodist basement?
The TSA always searches 8 year old little girls and the above list of people.
Only 1 group gets a pass from the MSM. The terrorists are of what persuasion?
all my speculation but..
so what we MIGHT have is a few guys with backpacks containing large amounts of ammonium nitrate heading toward the Pentagon. Car gets identified as suspicious, probably as they pulled over and arm the devices on the side of the road, and the fun begins.
Not old ladies, not 7 year old girls, not infants, not priests, not kids in wheelchairs, not war heroes with their medals, not nuns, but young men between the ages of 17 and 35 of north African or middle eastern descent.
Wake the EFF up America.. wake the EFF up..
Have we received the SOP of Not Terrorist Related?
after 9/11, there was a constant presence on those roads of heavily armed men in HUMMVVs.. that might need to be reinstated. Maybe the prospect of getting hammered by .50 cal dipped in pigs blood would be an effective deterrent to those seeking 72 virgins.
That scenario happens almost every day with cars breaking down, fender benders, etc. on the main routes. We don’t have the worst traffic in the country for nothing.
In this case, a car with a suspected bomb was found on road that runs alongside the Pentagon, so instead of cars crawling past and continuing on their merry way, a major bridge into DC and several 395 exits near the Pentagon were closed.
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