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| Explosives + ME men near Naval Station in SC, FBI on scene |
| 2007-08-05 |
| Berkeley County police found explosives in a van with Florida tags during a routine traffic stop near Goose Creek, north of Charleston, South Carolina around 6PM tonight. The van was reportedly driven by two men of Middle Eastern descent. Highway 1-76 near Goose Creek has been shut down. “In addition to the FBI, authorities from Goose Creek, Berkeley County, and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are on scene. The Charleston County bomb squad has also been called.” (ABC News4) UPDATE: Police closed the highway outside Charleston for more than five hours. “Goose Creek is home to the Naval Weapons Station and the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig, a military prison where enemy combatants have been held.” (AP) UPDATE, Sunday August 5: Technicians exploded a an item at 2:45AM on Sunday. The two men who were detained on Saturday evening are being held pending a charge of unlawful possession of an explosive device. (AP) |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #15 This is about 1 hr south of me - they are mooselimbs - and they're grinning like a couple of idiots in their mugshots. They DID have an explosive device in their vehicle and EOD has dealt with it. The exact location where they got stopped is unclear buit it looks like they were headed in the general direction of the NWS... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-08-05 21:38 |
| #14 Get a few Muslims together and they plan terror. How long are we going to put up with this crap? |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-08-05 20:44 |
| #13 Goose Creek is on SC 176 and near I-26 that runs from Columbia into Charleston. Its far off the I-95 North/South corridor. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-08-05 16:51 |
| #12 I find Roadside America to be a most helpful guide in planning vacations. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-08-05 15:36 |
| #11 I belive Jose Padilla was/is one of the terrorists held in the Goose Creek brig. I also heard the initial claims of mid-eastern men in the vehicle was based on one not-credible witness, but who knows. Could just have been a couple of rednecks stocked up on 'fishing supplies' at the state line fireworks store. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-08-05 15:08 |
| #10 A lot of latex gloves will meet their doom this day. Hot contender for Snark O' the Day™. (I tried to post the google map link but it took me to roadside am) 3dc, long map addresses usually contain certain secret cabalistic symbols that summon forth the Roadside genie at Fred's maleficent behest. Try using TinyURL.com to compress such lengthy |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-05 14:52 |
| #9 gotta be the Baptists again!! |
| Posted by: Justrand 2007-08-05 13:49 |
| #8 I-26 dead ends or starts depending on how you look at it, there is a SC HY 76 which runs through the state. there was about a month ago, an incident with an officer shot and burned and there they had caught a "middle eastern man" but it has been buried. In any event this is a little to close for me and i can't wait till these jerks are put in with bubba at Liebler also there was not a thing in todays paper about this. |
| Posted by: SCpatriot 2007-08-05 12:48 |
| #7 I can't tell from the fonts but it might be highway US one - 76 (I tried to post the google map link but it took me to roadside am) |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-08-05 12:30 |
| #6 I can't tell from the fonts but it might be highway US one - 76 Google Maps |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-08-05 12:29 |
| #5 I-76 goes thru Philadelphia. Could this be highway I-26 ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-08-05 11:27 |
| #4 "This is not terrorism related. Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along." Wanna bet that there will be a release like this soon, if the whole story dosn't just dissappear down the memory hole. |
| Posted by: N Guard 2007-08-05 11:09 |
| #3 If it was the weapons depot - you have to wonder if they had just stolen the weapons from the base or if they were going TO the base. This article notes that enemy combatants had been held there, the implication being they were headed towards the base rather than away from it. I guess we will find out in due time. Can you imagine the cop's face? How yew boys doing? Why, what ya got back there? |
| Posted by: AT 2007-08-05 10:25 |
| #2 A lot of latex gloves will meet their doom this day. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-08-05 09:18 |
| #1 She [Feeb] said the FBI was still trying to determine if a crime had been committed. A backpack, a gas can, and a red box were found in the van--contents not reported at this time. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-08-05 08:53 |