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| Updated: Pentagon area roads closed, man arrested due to car w/ suspicious package | |
| 2011-06-17 | |
Update: 10:00 CST Authorities identify suspect in Friday morning's suspicious package incident outside the Pentagon as Yonathan Melaku, a lance corporal in the Marine Corps Reserve. Officials say Melaku, a Muslim, carried a backpack he claimed contained explosive materials. Tests showed, however, that the substance was "inert." | |
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| #10 Well, Yonathan is going to spend several interesting months being interviewed by half the federal LEOs in the eastern US. FBI, DHS, CID, USCIA, CIA, etc. ad nauseum, with more cavity searches than a handsome gay millionaire could buy on Castro Street. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-06-17 18:51 |
| #9 No Weiner had a small gun and an entirely too well known package. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-06-17 14:36 |
| #8 Whoever he is, he doesn't need to be a Marine. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-06-17 13:29 |
| #7 Wonder if this is the same guy who was taking pot shots at recruiting stations and the like in the CD area? |
| Posted by: IG-88 2011-06-17 11:32 |
| #6 Go to your room, Raj. ;-) |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-06-17 11:29 |
| #5 lotp - you talking about Anthony Weiner? |
| Posted by: Raj 2011-06-17 10:18 |
| #4 This was the second incident near the Pentagon this week. Previous guy had a gun and a 'suspicious package' too. |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-06-17 09:50 |
| #3 American citizen of Ethiopian descent. Sources told ABC News the man's backpack contained what officials suspect is ammonium nitrate and spent 9mm shells as well as written material that contained statements including: "al qaeda taliban rules." One source told ABC News that they need final confirmation on whether it is ammonium nitrate and it's not clear whether this was a workable device. Apparently, this man is in the habit of acting suspiciously. Previously, the man was suspected of planting suspicious devices just outside Washington, D.C., in the area of Arlington, Va., at the national cemetery, the Pentagon and the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial. Test runs, then the real thing? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-06-17 09:33 |
| #2 Amish or muslimes? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-06-17 09:26 |
| #1 Package has been 'rendered safe' and authorities are looking for a 2nd person who fled |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-06-17 09:19 |