"Police say it's unclear if charges will be filed against the teenagers."
Why is it unclear? A similar case in April, also without causing any related injury resulted these non-Muslim Teens Facing FELONY CHARGES
Note also that this Islamic Center/Masjid is headed by the local Deering High School Science Teacher:
"". . .Abdullahi Ahmed, president of the Islamic Society of Portland Ahmed, a science teacher at Deering High School who lives in Westbrook, came dressed in a business suit and a paisley tie. He is working on his doctorate at the University of Maine. He and his wife, a nurse, have four children."Is it a coincidence that the article linked by Atlas refers to unidentified 'elders' from the mosque dismissing what they characterized as an 'experiment'? It wouldn't be in their best interests to reveal the science teacher's identity and relation to this mosque under these circumstances, now would it? It is also likely these 'elders' responded only after the arrival of the police - providing protective cover for their little explosive prodigy. You can bet your bottom dollar that had this 'experiment' been conducted by a non-believer, they would be all over the media demanding Felony and Hate Crime charges against the 'teen'.
This related video report also alludes to a second incendiary device being found. Again, I quote:
". . .Police then found a second device underneath a vehicle that was parked nearby, but they were able to disable it before it exploded."
I don't know about you, but I'm curious about whose vehicle was involved. Could it have been a zoning official or board member having dinner at the Back Bay Grill since- by coincidence, there is yet another dispute about a new mosque muscling into this Maine community. Video report: City, MCLU At Odds Over Mosque. While the zoning issues of this case are disputed in the courts, it appears Afghan Muslims in Maine are exempt from zoning laws as a deal cut in time for Ramadan. Despite caving with such compassionate tolerance, Portland City Hall Bomb Scare, 9/12/10
There was a suspicious suitcase in front of Portland's City Hall. Portland City Police blocked off all intersections leading into the area between 9:30 and 10:30 AM.Take a look at the date of that incident . . .Ramadan officially ended.
May be related: Maine: Bail revoked for Muslim investigated for role in Times Square jihad car bombing attempt via JW 07/15/2010
3 of 5 "IN THE NEWS" articles linked in the Deering Public School Review are Islam apologetics
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The muslims wisely pick their bases to operate from. Maine is the ultimate soft target.
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Odds are, the kid made the thing at the mosque, then stumbled and dropped it on his way out.
Why worry? Kids experiment all the time. In the last 10 years, kids have experimented at the World Trade Center in NYC, at the Pentagon, on the London Underground and Spanish trains, outside several American Embassies, and at thousands of other locations. It’s no big deal. As the Smartest-Man-in-America announced, “we can absorb the damage”.