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In reply to the discussion: 5 anarchists nabbed in plot to blow up Cleveland bridge [View all]may3rd
(593 posts)69. "Hey! I'll give you some explosives if you go blow something up!"
And then after they assemble the fake explosives as instructed,
they pressed the buttons fully expecting to not kill people on a state route bridge ? The story is a Judas was paid $6,000 to keep these loonies on the path over the past year.
These guys had a lot of time to report him to the FBI for wanting to destroy property built by the gas tax those motorists used to cross that bridge.
moot point now.
How many of these 'sting' operations actually ended up with people turning the tables on the stool pigeon ? Those are statistics that will never be revealed
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those guys look like they couldn't form a plot more complex than carpooling to their meth dealer
yurbud
May 2012
#72
They said they were employee's of OWS in Cleveland.... so, wonder how much that pays,
may3rd
May 2012
#75
Anytime a report about anarchists is released on May Day and says 'infiltrated'
HereSince1628
May 2012
#11
this does target them by tainting the brand and while the NAME doesn't get any traction, some of the
yurbud
May 2012
#73
The article said they were "self described anarchists." It goes w/o saying they're also terrorists.
Honeycombe8
May 2012
#47
An "FBI Sting?" So actually, the idea was the FBI's plant, who probably pushed the others
villager
May 2012
#17
No matter how much I was poked or proded, I would *never* go along with such a plan
nobodyspecial
May 2012
#40
On Brandon Baxter's (alleged) Face book profile, he lists his political views as "anarcho-communist,"
may3rd
May 2012
#67
That's right, Nihlists, Thanks. It's been a few since I watched that great movie.
sarcasmo
May 2012
#65