FARGO (AP) - Authorities are looking at surveillance tapes to help determine how a package disguised as a bomb was left outside the downtown federal courthouse.
The package was found under a gas main on the north side of the building around noon on Friday. The Red River Valley Bomb Squad was called in to investigate, and the building was evacuated.
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http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2006/12/30/news/state/126238.txt
Explosives, Rab garb found at militant den
Dec.c31, 2006
Law enforcers yesterday seized bomb-making materials and uniforms of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) when they busted two militant dens at Mograpara in Narayanganj and Kaliakoir in Gazipur following leads from two Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activists arrested in Tangail on Friday.
The items seized from Mograpara in Narayanganj include power gel and detonators used in preparing bombs, seven sets of black uniform that resembles Rab uniform, seven pairs of black boots, four masks, 26 Islamic books, one CD, some documents and a handwritten letter.
Bomb-making materials recovered from a house at Shafipur under Kaliakoir in Gazipur include 21 detonators, 500grams coal powder, transistor coil and four batteries. Besides, police arrested one and picked up three others from Kaliakoir area for interrogation. JMB commander Hasan had rented the house three months back.
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Hmmm...regarding Fargo, was it testing or someone pointing to a security concern in an improper manner or (fill in the blank)?
Updates appreciated.