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The Library => The SGA => Topic started by: Saniflush on May 01, 2012, 02:11:17 PM
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-cleveland-bomb-plot-20120501,0,2269596.story (http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-cleveland-bomb-plot-20120501,0,2269596.story)
Five men, including three "self-proclaimed" anarchists, have been arrested in connection with a plot to blow up a bridge over the Cuyahoga Valley National Park south of downtown Cleveland, federal officials said Tuesday.
The men were arrested Monday and charged with conspiracy and the attempted use of explosive materials to damage physical property affecting interstate commerce, according to a criminal complaint filed in Ohio. All are scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Cleveland on Tuesday.
"The complaint in this case alleges that the defendants took specific and defined actions to further a terrorist plot," U.S. Atty. Steven M. Dettelbach said in a prepared statement. "The defendants stand charged based not upon any words or beliefs they might espouse, but based upon their own plans and actions."
Federal officials in Cleveland said the public was never in danger because the explosives were under the control of an FBI employee. There does not appear to be any connection with any international terrorist group or the first anniversary of the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces in a raid in Pakistan.
But the arrests came just before the annual celebration of May Day, the day of international demonstrations in honor of workers and left-wing movements.
According to federal officials' announcement, Douglas L. Wright, 26, Brandon L. Baxter, 20, and Anthony Hayne, 35, were arrested Monday evening by members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. The three are "self-proclaimed anarchists who formed into a small group and considered a series of evolving plots over several months," the complaint alleges.
Also arrested were Connor C. Stevens, 20, and Joshua S. Stafford, 23, the government said.
Originally, the group had planned to use smoke grenades to distract law enforcement in order for the co-conspirators to topple signs for financial institutions atop high-rise buildings in downtown Cleveland, according to the complaint.
But the plot escalated to include explosive materials, the government alleges. The defendants conspired to obtain C-4 explosives for use in two improvised explosive devices, according to investigators.
The group discussed various targets in the Cleveland metropolitan area before targeting the Route 82 Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge. The bridge goes from Brecksville, Ohio, to Sagamore Hills, Ohio, over the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, according to the complaint.
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I went to Cleveland three years ago. If these dipshits had kept their mouths shut and done it, it would have been an improvement.
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I went to Cleveland three years ago. If these dipshits had kept their mouths shut and done it, it would have been an improvement.
It's like I think it and you type it.
I don't give a fuck what Drew says. Cleveland DOES NOT ROCK.
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Occupy's image blown to smithereens: Kevin O'Brien Kevin OBrien, The Plain Dealer 05/03/2012 5:00 AM
What a lucky, lucky week this has been for Greater Cleveland --especially for whichever unsuspecting souls were driving across the Ohio 82 bridge across the Cuyahoga Valley while five petty criminals associated with Occupy Cleveland were trying to community organize it.
The Occupiers, authorities tell us, thought they had rigged the span with plastic explosives that would detonate when they punched a code into a cellphone.
The only thing that went up in smoke, though, was their plot. They were working with dummy devices -- fitting -- sold to them by an FBI informant whom they failed to recognize as the Man.
I'm sorry. Your call to anarchist glory cannot be completed as dialed. Please check the number and dial again. And again. And again.
General Electric was lucky, too. Its lighting plant was to have been the site of an Occupy Cleveland protest about taxbreakssinglepayerAfghanistanenvironmentaldestructioncorporategreedCitizensUnitedjobtr ainingstudentloandebtgayrightsdefensespendingteacherpayimmigrationpolicyChinesecurrenc yshenanigansIraqGlassSteagallforeclosures.
And, of course, the Occupiers' No. 1 concern: people who live more responsibly and thus have more money than they do.
Once the alleged bomb plotters' arrest became public, the unions and leftist organizations that were going to bring the party favors to the GE May Day demo backed out. In Cleveland, rigging public bridges for destruction is still considered bad form.
So it seems that the "mainstream" Occupy movement -- here, at least -- still sees some value in the good opinion of the 99 percent, which is to say the percentage of Americans who are in no way associated with the Occupy movement.
Hence, the desperate attempt of Occupy Cleveland and its enablers to distance themselves from bomb planters with whom the record shows that they are all too well acquainted.
The would-be bridge busters are getting emphatic down-twinkles from the "real" Occupiers.
(If you don't know what twinkles are, you owe it to yourself to have a look. The 90 seconds you'll spend learning this valuable skill will provide a blazing insight into why the movement's more "energetic" elements are frustrated at the pace of the revolution.)
The arrestees are being dismissed as "fringey," which is downright hilarious, considering who is offering the description. Their self-description as anarchists is being presented as an indication that they're outside of the Occupy "mainstream."
Yeah, right.
Take the anarchists out of an Occupy protest and you're down to half a protest.
More likely, the bomb plotters are just a little ahead of the curve.
The people who proclaim the nonviolence of the Occupy movement are, for the most part, sincere. But they're riding the tiger.
Movements that are destructive in their ends, as Occupy is, have two choices: die when the public is not persuaded or turn to violence to justify continued existence. Our luck in Cleveland, thanks to the FBI, is holding. Other places -- most notably Oakland, where a more militant strain of Occupier has held sway -- haven't been as fortunate.
As the local Occupiers try to regain their stride, we'll hear comparisons to the violence and division supposedly preached by the Tea Party, the movement Occupy was ginned up to counter. We'll hear how Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was really the leading edge of the Tea Party.
Most people, though, will have the sense to recognize the difference.
The Occupy people say the existing social, political and economic order is unjust. They want to blow it up, if you will, and to replace it with . . . well, they'll cross that bridge when they come to it, assuming they haven't blown it up.
The Tea Party people know exactly what they want: a country that operates according to its Constitution. We haven't been there in a long time, but going back will be worth the trip.
Whose approach is more constructive?
Here's an idea that might generate some useful data: Let's have the FBI infiltrate both movements. Ten years from now, if they both last that long, we'll tally up the arrests and see which side has occupied more jail cells.
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Occupy's image blown to smithereens: Kevin O'Brien Kevin OBrien, The Plain Dealer 05/03/2012 5:00 AM
What a lucky, lucky week this has been for Greater Cleveland --especially for whichever unsuspecting souls were driving across the Ohio 82 bridge across the Cuyahoga Valley while five petty criminals associated with Occupy Cleveland were trying to community organize it...
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Occupy's image blown to smithereens: Kevin O'Brien Kevin OBrien, The Plain Dealer 05/03/2012 5:00 AM
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General Electric was lucky, too. Its lighting plant was to have been the site of an Occupy Cleveland protest about taxbreakssinglepayerAfghanistanenvironmentaldestructioncorporategreedCitizensUnitedjobtr ainingstudentloandebtgayrightsdefensespendingteacherpayimmigrationpolicyChinesecurrenc yshenanigansIraqGlassSteagallforeclosures.
And, of course, the Occupiers' No. 1 concern: people who live more responsibly and thus have more money than they do.
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I nearly fell in the floor laughing at that comment...not to mention the entire article.
Thanks for making my day, Uncle Sani!
That was my second good laugh today after hearing that Treyvon's heart was given to Dick Cheney. Did you hear about that?
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I nearly fell in the floor laughing at that comment...not to mention the entire article.
Thanks for making my day, Uncle Sani!
That was my second good laugh today after hearing that Treyvon's heart was given to Dick Cheney. Did you hear about that?
Dick Cheney got Trayvon's heart? Whoa!! Now that's news.
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I would say that at least Cleveland has the RnR HOF, but after seeing who they have been letting in, there's a good chance that even IT doesn't rock. Sorry Cleveland, you're a shithole. The RnR HOF can't even save you.
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Dick Cheney got Trayvon's heart? Whoa!! Now that's news.
Yeah, I know! I'm telling everybody.
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Yeah, I know! I'm telling everybody.
Are you serious? Is this true?
I shall go spread the word.
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Get this to Johnny on the grapevine. Vermin is going to kill Johnny's brother at the savoy theater tomorrow night. Got it?
Vermin is going to kill Johnny's brother at the Savoy theater. Pass it on.
Vermin is going to kill Johnny's brother at the Savoy theater tonight. Pass it on.
Vermin is going to kill Johnny's mother at the Savoy theater tonight. Pass it on.
Vermin's mother is going to kill Johnny tonight at the Savoy theater. Pass it on.
... at the Savoy. Pass it on.
There's a message through the grapevine, Johnny.
Yeah? What is it?
Johnny and the Mothers are playing "Stompin' at the Savoy" in Vermont tonight.
Vermin's going to kill my brother at the Savoy theater tonight.
I didn't say that.
No, but I know this grapevine.
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Are you serious? Is this true?
I shall go spread the word.
It's what I heard. Rev. Al was talking about it.
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Dick Cheney got Trayvon's heart? Whoa!! Now that's news.
I thought he had a little more rhythm in his step lately.
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I thought he had a little more rhythm in his step lately.
I better not see him in my neighborhood after hours in a hoodie, eatin' Skittles. I'll have to follow him around...
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It's what I heard. Rev. Al was talking about it.
I think Rev. Al confirmed it.
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I think Rev. Al confirmed it.
I heard he organized the whole deal. That's amazing. Rev AL is doing great work.
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I better not see him in my neighborhood after hours in a hoodie, eatin' Skittles. I'll have to follow him around...
You don't want any part of this:
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I better not see him in my neighborhood after hours in a hoodie, eatin' Skittles. I'll have to follow him around...
Man, I would NOT be following Dick Cheney around; he will not hesitate to pop a cap in YOUR ass. Just ask Harry Whittington.