Early this morning, a suspicious vehicle was found in the bushes near the Pentagon, on the north side and near Fort Myer.
One person, a naturalized Ethiopian citizen, has been taken into custody.
Local news stories indicate that a five-pound bag of ammonium nitrate was found in or near the vehicle - in a backpack. Officers are patrolling the woods with machine guns, and a loud boom is expected any moment when the bomb squad moves in to detonate the device.
A notebook containing threatening words was also found. The words include "Al Qaeda" and "Taliban."
The MSNBC story is HERE. However, much of the information provided here is coming from live coverage via my local TV news.
A news conference is pending as I type this post.
Update: The device has been detonated. The situation is ongoing and fluid.
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Bomb & note "al-Qaeda, Taliban rules" found in bag at #Pentagon. Ethiopian arrested #MotiveUnknown
Authorities found al Qaeda-related statements, a backpack containing ammonium nitrate, and spent 9mm shells Friday after stopping a suspicious vehicle close to the Pentagon and arresting a man, . . .
DHS officials: Pentagon suspect was not cooperative. They are not worried [ed.??] about broader terror plot
Suspicious Device "Rendered Safe" Near Pentagon
Police have shut down several roads around the Pentagon after a man was found overnight in Arlington National Cemetery and a suspicious vehicle was discovered along Washington Boulevard.
The incident started when U.S. Park Police found a man in Arlington National Cemetery overnight when the cemetery was closed. Officials said the man was not very cooperative when answering their questions, so they escalated the issue.
Park Police took the man into custody, and found a vehicle in some bushes near the Pentagon.
A "suspicious device" was found in the car, according to NBC News Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski. Police were searching for one, possibly two more people who fled the scene on foot when police stopped the vehicle, Miklaszewski reported.
The Arlington Bomb Squad was called to the scene.
The suspicious device found at the scene was "rendered safe" by crews at the scene. Park Police also said Arlington National Cemetery and other areas around the Pentagon have been secured to make sure those areas are safe.
In another incident earlier this week, a motorist found with a gun and what appeared to be a suspicious package near the Pentagon was taken into custody.
Officials say the closures will continue to affect the morning rush hour. . . [continues w/related traffic issues at link]
Anonymous,
Thanks!
In another incident earlier this week, a motorist found with a gun and what appeared to be a suspicious package near the Pentagon was taken into custody.
I hadn't heard a thing about that earlier incident.
Always On Watch,
Great, another terrorist attack. I wish this nightmare would end. At least they were able to disarm the bomb, before it hurt anyone.
No doubt he was a moderate until he was radicalized by a extreme minority who misunderstand Islam, and we should show restraint in judgement for fear of promoting islamophobia that further marginalises the entrenched Muslim moderates.
Isn't it about time to scrap your diversity visa programme and only naturalise those who are willing to support and defend your country and constitution? Like me for example! For the last several years the UK has been banned from the DV programme which is a real shame.
Fox reports that he is a Marine Reservist.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/17/suspicious-vehicle-shuts-down-several-major-roads-near-pentagon/
Yonathan Melaku, a Lance Corporal Marine corps reservist who lives in Virginia and who is Muslim, has been identified as the suspect in custody.
Melaku, who lives in Alexandria, Va., joined as a reservist in August 2007 but military officials say there is no record indicating he served in Iraq or Afghanistan. . . According to the Leesburg Police Department, a person with the same name and date of birth was arrested last month for breaking into vehicles at around 3:30 a.m. on May 26 in Leesburg, Va. Twenty-seven vehicles were damaged during the break-ins, according to police.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/17/suspicious-vehicle-shuts-down-several-major-roads-near-pentagon/#ixzz1PYCebzaG
Anonymous,
F.Y.I.
===" Yonathan Melaku, a Lance Corporal Marine corps reservist who lives in Virginia and who is Muslim "===
Yonathan, Jonathan or any combination of this letters can not spell a Muslim name !
He is something else !...
Alexander,
Why is he something else? Can't he be a Muslim with a non-Muslim name.
Even if he is something else it shows we are being attacked from many directions, and we are. The North Koreans aren't Muslim and they hate our guts. Chevez hates us and he's not a Muslim.
ronmorgen,
You can't be a Muslim with a non Muslim name !
There is no such a thing as Elizabeth Um Abdullah, Chris Bin Husain, Mustafa Christiansen etc. G-d forbid !
( Oooops, Allah Istor ! ).
Even if he is a new convert to Islam, the second thing a convert does after saying the "Fatiha", is accepting his new name ! See Cassius Clay and others.
Whatever this "Thing" is, cut his balls off !
Alex.
Reverts have Christian and Jewish names as well as their adopted islamic identities.
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Take a gander at JihadWatch.org . ..
Pentagon jihad suspect was winner of National Defense Service Medal and Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal
w/the following update:
UPDATE: It isn't as bad as it appeared at first glance. A former US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps Captain writes in: "Kindly note that the 'National Defense Service Medal' is awarded to every soldier who completes basic training and enters upon active duty. It is colloquially known as 'the warm-body medal,' signifying that one qualifies for it simply by one's living presence. As far as I know, the 'Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal' is similar. As a reserve enlisted man, provided one completes one year's attendance at required drills, etc., one 'earns' this medal. Any half-sensible if stealthy jihadist can accomplish either." I then wonder why CBS News made a point of mentioning these medals.
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via CBSNews
"WUSA-TV reports that Melaku appears to have an extensive criminal record in the capital area. In Loudoun County, Va., Melaku has four pending cases for grand larceny stemming from a rash of vehicle break-ins."
Alex, there are many islamists that keep their non-arab idenity.
One that comes immediately to mind is the woman who has had undue influence over textbooks in American public schools . . .Susan L. Douglass, as described in Paul Sperry's "Look who's teaching Johnny"
Anonymous,
Good point about Susan L. Douglass.
According to a commenter at an ABC News thread:
The guy's name is Yonathan Melaku (An orthodox christian), and just so you know no Muslim is named yonathan (a judo christian name) and Melaku (translated in the Ethiopian language Amharic to mean the angel)Which is a name only given to Ethiopian coptic orthodox Christians.
Don't know how accurate the above is, however.
In any case, perhaps his given name was "Yonathan Melaku," and he took a Moslem name but didn't legally change his name.
Is that the real Alexander Munch?
It sure does not sound like him.
The real Alexander Munch would know that a Muslim can have a Christian name, a Hawaiian name, a Filipino name, a Hispanic, blah blah blah.
Yes Pasto, that's me.
And nothing scares me as you know, ( only me when I look at the mirror!... )
I know what you mean. But these are "Takiya" names !
It is permissible and encouraged by the Holy Kryon !
Some times, Muslim names and titles are given to non Muslims as a token of appreciation.
Take for example - Muhammad Goldstone... and the Shahids Juliano Mer Khamis & Vittorio Arrigoni...
Not to mention the Lefto-Zomboids in UCLA, who identify themselves with the "Arab Spring", "HOPE", "CHANGE", "FREEDOM FLOTILLA", "DEMOCRAPOLA" and so on... All wear the Palestinian Kafiya and carry banners in a language they can't read ! Even the latest US-Israeli made "Spy", Ilan Garpel, was caught by the Muhabarat in Tahrir Sq. carrying a sign in Arabic saying :-
I'M " THE MONGREL" , aka - "The Mossad Lion" !
I came to Egypt to fight the "Crazy Alligator"
Makes me VOMIT !
Alex.
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