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Tea Party activist with bomb-making materials arrested near Pentagon
Oh wait. I’m sorry, did I say Tea Party activist? Silly me. I meant young Muslim male arrested with bomb-making materials near Pentagon.
A man who was carrying suspected bomb making materials and pro-al Qaeda literature was arrested in Arlington National Cemetery early this morning, triggering a bomb scare that snarled Washington’s morning rush hour. The FBI, however, determined that the material in his backpack was harmless.
“There was not a device and the products found are determined right now to be inert,” said Brenda Heck, special agent in charge of counterterrorism for the FBI.
The material in the suspect’s backpack tested negative as a potential explosive, sources said.
Sources told ABC News earlier that the backpack contained what was believed to be ammonium nitrate and spent ammunition for an automatic weapon. The material was reportedly contained in four large ziplock type bags.
Sources also said there were pro-al Qaeda statements found in a notebook that contained mostly notes for a financial class. There was also was a page containing words “al qaeda,” “Taliban rules,” “mujahidin” and “defeated coalition forces.”
Two separate law enforcement sources told ABC News law enforcement identified the suspect as Yonathan Melaku, 22, of Alexandria, Va. U.S. Park Police said no charges have been filed against him yet.
Melaku is a naturalized citizen and lance corporal in the Marine Corps Reserve, 4th engineer batallion out of the Baltimore, Md.
“We are told he had a backpack with five pounds of something labeled ammonium nitrate but as of this juncture, has not passed the test that indicates explosive capacity,” New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said today, when asked about the arrest. “It is too early to, I think, draw any conclusions but the investigation obviously is going forward with the federal authorities.”
Sources say they haven’t found any ties to a terrorist organization.
A Muslim male who is a naturalized citizen from Ethiopia, carrying ammonium nitrate and notes about pro-Islamic terror, and they say he has no ties to a terrorist organization? Those dots just don’t like to connect, do they?
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UPDATE: Contrary to what was being reported in the article above, the material in Melaku’s backpack was NOT “harmless.” There are two grades of ammonium nitrate. It appears that this would-be jihadi had the agricultural grade.
The material was reportedly neutralized, according to law enforcement spokesmen at the scene.There are two main types of ammonium nitrate, agriculture and blaster’s grade. Ammonium nitrate for agricultural use is widely available but is of a chemical composition that will not easily detonate. Blaster’s grade ammonium nitrate is used widely in mining and blasting. It’s sale is under license and carefully monitored.
“…not easily detonate.” Note that it didn’t say “will not detonate.” Timothy McVeigh used the fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate to destroy the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. If this is the same material that was found in Melaku’s backpack, it’s very disingenuous to report that it was harmless simply because a detonator wasn’t located beside it.
Can you say whitewash, boys and girls? I knew that you could.
This is what 1.5 lbs of ammonium nitrate does when shot with a bullet:
NBC is reporting that there was, in fact, a “suspicious device” located at the scene.
A suspicious device found at the scene where the vehicle was located was “rendered safe.” Park Police also said Arlington National Cemetery and other areas around the Pentagon were secured to make sure those areas were safe.
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