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Launcher Found Near MARTA Station

Law enforcement officials at the scene near the Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA station.

An AT-4 rocket launcher was discovered near the Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA station Tuesday afternoon, local law enforcement officials said. Officials described the device as inoperable.

The device was found on an embankment near a track located 200 to 300 yards from the MARTA station.

MARTA officials said they do not know how the launcher got onto MARTA property.

MARTA traffic was not delayed as a result of the discovery, officials said.

Federal Bureau of Investigation officials, who are handling part of the investigation, said it does not appear that the device has been used.

According to a Web site that analyzes military weapons, the AT-4 is a light anti-tank weapon used by the Army.

FBI officials said the launcher is a training device.

The device found at the station is incapable of firing actual anti-tank shells and is "inert," meaning it is inoperable, FBI officials said.

Gary Orchaowski, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the device was not illegal and described it as a "big paperweight."

Authorities said the launcher could be purchased at gun shows.

The rocket launcher will be taken to an FBI crime lab for further analysis.

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All the articles I read about it said it HAD been used? One says this "Transit employees discovered the weapon near a station just outside Atlanta, on an embankment next to the tracks, said Gene Wilson, MARTA police chief. He said the launcher had been used.

Just another one of those religion of peace people making trouble like they were told to do. Right? Cause a lot of suspicion everywhere and anyhow you can.

Let's see empty suitcases, rocket launchers just appearing out of no where that are inoperable.

Tanker trucks crashing perhaps because of being run off the road. Nuclear type material leaking from a truck, unknown how that happened.

Remember the train tanker in Boston that had at least 3 holes in it leaking a chemical.

Dead divers and who knows what else?