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Deputies call feds after arresting Russians with shovel, wire cutters outside Georgia Power plant
Savannahnow.com ^
| 9-9-2010
| DeAnn Komanecky
Posted on 09/10/2010 8:17:30 PM PDT by reprobate
SPRINGFIELD Effingham County sheriff deputies have reported the early Sunday morning arrest of three men to the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force.
The men, two from Russia and one from Kazakhstan, were found near Georgia Powers Plant McIntosh on Old Augusta Road about 1 a.m. Sunday after a ranger with the Department of Natural Resources reported a suspicious vehicle, Effingham County sheriffs spokesman David Ehsanipoor said.
Deputies reported the men, who were inside a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder, had a machete, shovel, wire cutters and ski masks. One man also had black silk stockings in his front left pocket.
Arrested were Evgeniy Luzhetskiy, of Kazakhastan Nail Idiatullin and Rustem Ibragimov of Russia. All three reported they lived in Charleston, S.C., deputies reported.
The men were all charged with possession of tools during the commission of a crime.
The three were released after being interviewed by task force members, Ehsanipoor said.
"They did all have visas that allowed them to be here and are supposed to be leaving the country soon."
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; US: Georgia; US: South Carolina; War on Terror
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To: reprobate
Russia had a power station blown up by terrorists and it happened this week, I believe.
To: reprobate
Russia has a few military friends in its Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO: members listed below). Iran has "observer" status in the organization.
The following excerpts are from the
CIA World Factbook
Russia
Religions:
Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Kazakhstan
Religions:
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Kyrgyzstan
Religions:
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Tajikistan
Religions:
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan
Religions:
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
Belarus
Background:
Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion remain in place.
Religions:
Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
Armenia
Religions:
Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%
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posted on
09/10/2010 11:38:40 PM PDT
by
familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
To: manic4organic
One of the names suggests this..
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posted on
09/11/2010 1:05:09 AM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: reprobate
The men were all charged with possession of tools during the commission of a crime. O-kaaaaay- it looks suspicious, but what was the crime?
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posted on
09/11/2010 5:21:15 AM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
To: funfan
“They were released?”
We’re like other countries, we only arrest hikers./s
To: Sarajevo
‘The men were all charged with possession of tools during the commission of a crime.
O-kaaaaay- it looks suspicious, but what was the crime?’
IMO, just another Georgian propaganda to heaten tensions there.
Just three Russians in a SUV with no weapons or explosives sabotaging a power plant is beyond funny. Going abroad to steal copper is as dumb considering both Russia and Kazakhstan are a big Detroit full of depopulated placed there you may take as much copper from defunct power stations as you want.
To: Sarajevo
Oups, sorry. I haven’t read an article properly first time. I thought it was another Georgia:)
To: All
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posted on
09/14/2010 12:20:34 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: FreedomCalls
If you want to steal copper, a power plant is a gold mine ... er, I mean copper mine, of copper wiring and copper connectors. Yes, but you cut the wrong copper wire under the wrong conditions, and you could be electrocuted. Even a "ground" wire, when cut and an unbalance is in the system, can carry hundreds of amps.
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