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Suspect Held in Ga. Tech Blast (busy day around Atlanta, huh?)
WXIA TV Atlanta ^ | 10/11/05 | Tracey Christensen

Posted on 10/11/2005 10:41:29 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana

Last Modified: 10/11/2005 1:32:42 PM

A person identified as a witness to the placement of three explosives at Georgia Tech is now being called a suspect in the case, according to a spokeswoman for the Atlanta Police Department.

Georgia Tech Police investigators took the so-called witness in for questioning early Tuesday morning, the spokeswoman said. During the course of their interview, they changed their characterization from witness to suspect.

Three explosive devices were found in a courtyard between two Georgia Tech dormitories on the East Campus Monday morning. One of the devices exploded, injuring the grounds worker who found them inside a plastic bag. Two other devices were detonated by a bomb squad.

The custodian suffered ringing to the ears and was treated at a local hospital. The events led to a temporary evacuation of 100 students from their dormitories.

"It is a terrorist act at this point and depending on the outcome of the investigation it potentially could become a federal violation as well," Major C.W. Moss of the Atlanta Police Department said Monday.

The explosives were made up of chemicals placed inside plastic bottles and could have seriously injured someone, officials said. Numerous agencies were on the Georgia Tech campus to help in the investigation.

"It will be a joint investigation between the Atlanta Police Department, the Georgia Tech Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Every possible lead will be followed," said Major Moss.


TOPICS: US: Georgia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: explosives; gatech; georgia; georgiatech; movealong; oubombing
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Soooo around Atlanta today:

Suspect in yesterday's GA Tech case

Stolen jet found in Lawrenceville at Gwinnett Airport

SWAT team raids Lawrenceville, GA apartment and finds explosives

hmmm

1 posted on 10/11/2005 10:41:34 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
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To: PhiKapMom; Lizarde; MizSterious; indcons; texianyankee

ping


2 posted on 10/11/2005 10:42:36 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: hispanarepublicana; SittinYonder

ping pong


3 posted on 10/11/2005 10:43:21 AM PDT by eyespysomething (???)
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To: hispanarepublicana

what are the odds the guy's name is Mohammed?


4 posted on 10/11/2005 10:44:13 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: ken5050

Heh I was going to ask what this particular Mohammad's last name was...


5 posted on 10/11/2005 10:47:00 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Corporatism is not conservatism)
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To: hispanarepublicana; indcons; PhiKapMom
"It is a terrorist act at this point and depending on the outcome of the investigation it potentially could become a federal violation as well," Major C.W. Moss of the Atlanta Police Department said Monday."

So here in GA it is Terrorism, but not in OK.

Strange about that plane.

6 posted on 10/11/2005 10:48:51 AM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: ken5050
what are the odds the guy's name is Mohammed?

Pretty high considering they haven't released the name.

7 posted on 10/11/2005 10:48:52 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: ken5050

One of those Amish Mohammeds?


8 posted on 10/11/2005 10:49:05 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: hispanarepublicana

I heard Mennonite, not Amish.


9 posted on 10/11/2005 10:51:13 AM PDT by MortMan (Eschew Obfuscation)
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To: ken5050
what are the odds the guy's name is Mohammed?

I bet his name is Bubba.

10 posted on 10/11/2005 10:51:21 AM PDT by SeeRushToldU_So (It is hotter than two rats screwing in a wool sock in GA.)
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To: eyespysomething
ping pong

What's happening in Lawrenceville?

11 posted on 10/11/2005 10:54:13 AM PDT by SittinYonder (Flea, feather, bird, egg, nest, twig, branch, limb, tree, and the bog down in the valley - o.)
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To: Spunky

I'm guessing some kind of thwarted or aborted attack. Too many "terrorist-type" goings on here in the ATL the last two days. Maybe it's all coinkydink, but I'm out of Reynolds Wrap.


12 posted on 10/11/2005 10:55:07 AM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: backhoe; HHKrepublican_2

ping - didn't see you guys on the list...thought you'd be interested.


13 posted on 10/11/2005 10:59:16 AM PDT by milford421
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To: hispanarepublicana

Nothing to see here.....


14 posted on 10/11/2005 11:00:52 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: hispanarepublicana
Soooo around Atlanta today: Suspect in yesterday's GA Tech case
Stupid student prank.....Explosive device but not inherently dangerous. One of the three went off while in the custodians hands and just caused ringing in his ears...All sound no fury....students have done this for years, CO2 "bombs"

Stolen jet found in Lawrenceville at Gwinnett Airport
Private aircraft theft is fairly widely occurring at small airports...As a pilot and a aircraft owner, I am painfully aware of it....

SWAT team raids Lawrenceville, GA apartment and finds explosives
It was in a sewer drain in a suburban neighborhood, not an apartment...non-lethal device...kid's again...
hmmm

This is Georgia and boy's do like to make things that go boom...I did it through HS and College. Non-lethal noisemakers that are being treated by authorities as "weapons of mass destruction' This is really more of an embarrassment for the Law Enforcement community than the kids.....Not excusing the behavior but a full Swat team roll-out and bomb squad for a plastic soda bottle "bomb" is ridiculous.....
There is not a terrorist under every bed...

15 posted on 10/11/2005 11:08:57 AM PDT by nevergore (“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
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To: SittinYonder










This was on Fox News. SWAT teams were on scene...apparently Lawrenceville is in Gwinnett County, also the scene of the stolen plane return today and less than 20 miles from Georgia Tech, where 1 explosive went off and 2 others were found.


"Police in Gwinnett County were carefully investigating possible explosives found in a storm drain in the 700 block of Carriage Lane in Lawrenceville.

The location is off of New Hope Road in the Twin Ridge Forest subdivision. 11Alive.Com will post more details as they become available."
http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=70371


16 posted on 10/11/2005 11:12:14 AM PDT by milford421
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To: hoosiermama; hispanarepublicana; PhiKapMom; indcons; mplsconservative; investigateworld; ...

Ping......terrorist incident in Atlanta, GA.


17 posted on 10/11/2005 11:13:07 AM PDT by indcons (Let the Arabs take care of their jihadi brothers this time around (re: Paki earthquake))
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To: SittinYonder

Something in the water? Extra long summer? Rain hydrated the dehydrated idiots?


Explosive device found:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/1005/11gwinswat.html

SWAT team story:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/1005/11gwinswat.html


18 posted on 10/11/2005 11:13:43 AM PDT by eyespysomething (???)
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To: nevergore

Which branch of law enforcement are you with and can you give us the name of the suspect arrested today regarding the Georgia Tech incident.


19 posted on 10/11/2005 11:14:17 AM PDT by milford421
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To: hispanarepublicana

If this is a student prank (and I think it is) then they ought to hammer his butt. Also, I saw where the grounds keeper suffered damage to his hearing and burns on his hands. Hope he sues the crap out of someone.


20 posted on 10/11/2005 11:28:40 AM PDT by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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