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'Suspicious device' found in car near Pentagon
MSNBC News ^ | June 17, 2011 | by Jim Miklaszewski

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: arlingtonva; interstate395; jihad; jihadinamerica; pentagon
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To: King_Corey

“... The Granny Quilting Group in the United Methodist basement?”

My bet is on them. They smell like lavender and always have those weird candies in their purses!


21 posted on 06/17/2011 5:44:11 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: All

possible multiple devices in the Arlington area.. Iwo Jima mem and Arlington Nat Cem..


22 posted on 06/17/2011 5:44:50 AM PDT by newnhdad
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Damn radical Amish no doubt......


23 posted on 06/17/2011 5:45:06 AM PDT by stockpirate (Republicans that vote for socialism, support socialists are socialists.)
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To: newnhdad

...link?


24 posted on 06/17/2011 5:45:30 AM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Lurking in Kansas

live in a presser now.


25 posted on 06/17/2011 5:46:59 AM PDT by newnhdad
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To: no-to-illegals
Have we received the SOP of Not Terrorist Related?

Well, that's going to be tough if that report of a backpack full of explosives is accurate. The best we can hope for is a that they will tell us that there is no reason to believe this has any connection to any known terrorist group.

I wonder how long it will take them to blame this on Sarah Palin?

26 posted on 06/17/2011 5:47:36 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: Doogle

They say Ethiopian, but I’d bet Somali.


27 posted on 06/17/2011 5:48:34 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: silverleaf

Just heard the ‘suspect’ who was arrested (others being pursued) is of Ethiopian descent. And had an “AQ/Taliban Rules” sign.

There’s lots of room to create havoc at the Pentagon, in the parking lots, bus stops, etc. Hey, they do what they can do for the cause! Remember the CIA shooting?

More info will be coming up in the presser, and over time more will be known. They won’t let too much info out any too soon.


28 posted on 06/17/2011 5:49:09 AM PDT by EDINVA ( CHANGE it back!)
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To: silverleaf

Good point.

I sure hope the folks in NYC are on the lookout too. It would be AQ mo to do multiple bombings in and around the same places they hit the last time.


29 posted on 06/17/2011 5:49:09 AM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: VanShuyten

Just trying to do the work Bill Ayers couldn’t finish.


30 posted on 06/17/2011 5:49:21 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: La Lydia

Thank God I took today off - I’d be stuck in it.


31 posted on 06/17/2011 5:49:43 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: EDINVA

I pray they are checking perimeter for other possibles. I would have to believe this is being done (checking possibles). Anyone of middle-eastern background (yes, I am profiling) should be reviewed and questioned as to purpose in the area for a start, though this will probably not be done.


32 posted on 06/17/2011 5:50:16 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: VanShuyten
They say Ethiopian, but I’d bet Somali.

Either way, Holder's people.

33 posted on 06/17/2011 5:50:57 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: All

Presser ends.. traffic is messed up. they have one suspect in custody and he’s not talking..

quick review.
Guy was in Arlington Nat Cem (which is closed at night), found his car, a few people fled possibly, they found a backpack filled with ammonium nitrate and there might have been a few suspicious devices left at sites in Arlington.

Not much yet but this reeks of an attack by Amish and Buddhists in conjunction with Deists and Wiccans..


34 posted on 06/17/2011 5:51:41 AM PDT by newnhdad
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To: EDINVA
One report says 5 lb. bag of ammonium nitrate in car. Another report says a controlled explosion will be done.

Spokesman confirmed part of Arlington Cemetery and Iwo Jima Memorial closed for similar investigations.

35 posted on 06/17/2011 5:52:50 AM PDT by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: La Lydia

OK, I posted the previous before I found out it was a real bomb - I’ll never forget being stuck on the parkway for three hours while police searched around Memorial Bridge for a non-existent bomb, about fifteen years ago.

Thank God it didn’t go off.


36 posted on 06/17/2011 5:55:58 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Does anyone else find it ironic that NBC News is reporting on a suspicious device?
37 posted on 06/17/2011 5:59:56 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: EDINVA; penelopesire
Since there was a live one, and other live ones, on the run, there should be many inroads to find out something. I guess this part (the live one, or hopefully live one) is a starting point.

Agreed, NYC should BOLO.

38 posted on 06/17/2011 6:01:36 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: La Lydia

I disagree, I think they should be given the death penalty.


39 posted on 06/17/2011 6:02:08 AM PDT by Perdogg (0bama got 0sama?? Really, was 0sama on the golf course?)
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To: no-to-illegals
plural on second one in parentheses.
40 posted on 06/17/2011 6:03:01 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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