FBI: Calls Bomb Found At MLK Parade In Spokane Washington "Domestic Terrorism"

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SPOKANE, Wash. — The FBI offered a reward Tuesday for information about a potentially lethal bomb found in a backpack along the downtown route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.

The discovery before Monday's parade for the slain civil rights leader raised the possibility of a racial motive in a region that has been home to the white supremacist Aryan Nations.

"The confluence of the holiday, the march and the device is inescapable," said Frank Harrill, special agent in charge of the Spokane FBI office. "But we are not at the point where we can draw any particular motive."

He called the planting of the bomb an act of domestic terrorism that was clearly designed to advance a political or social agenda.

The suspicious backpack was spotted by three city employees about an hour before the parade was to start, Harrill said. They looked inside, saw wires and immediately alerted law enforcement.

The parade route was changed to avoid the device. A bomb disposal unit disabled it without incident, he said.

Harrill declined to release details of the device, other than to call it a functional bomb that could have caused multiple casualties.

"The potential for injury and death were clearly present," Harrill said.

The FBI received no warnings in advance and did not have a suspect, Harrill said. No one has claimed credit for planting the bomb.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/18/bomb-found-on-mlk-day-parade-route_n_810735.html



January 18, 2011 MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show
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[jwirr]

1. The dogs were listening when Sarah blew the whistle. We need to

gather a list of the incidents that have taken place since the AZ shooting. Just to see how serious this is.

[Confusious]

2. Since BO was elected. Much better list.

[Charleston Chew]

5. indirectly

So you are blaming the half term governor from Wasilla, Alaska?

That seems a bit lazy.

[jwirr]

7. You may think so but I saw all the assassinations that happened

after JFK. They were at the very least due to the political atmosphere. I don't think it is any different today. As to who is to blame - I blame the person who placed the bomb for the actual incident. As to the atmosphere - well who do you blame for the hate mongering we have today? Not much different than I was hearing in the 50-60-70s.

[cliffordu]

3. Yet another "isolated Incident"

:hurts:

[SemperEadem]

4. Rachel--those aren't "scary terms" being used.

Those are strong, unmistakable terms whose interpretation can only be one thing.

It is the truth being used. Stop diminishing that by using juvenile language.

A bomb that was remotely controlled? That meant that whoever built and planted this
device was going to sit back a ways from the area and gleefully watch his bomb
take out women and children.

What makes what this asswipe did any different than what Islamic extremists do in
Iraq and Afghanistan? Dude planted an IED on the parade route and was going to watch
from a distance.

This WAS an act of domestic terrorism--to murder a group of innocent people taking part
in an annual parade--a group of people who have done NOTHING to the person who
took it upon himself to play God with other people's lives.

Jesus! Can the grown ups come back in the room already?

[Iggo]

6. Domestic Terrorism.

Unless of course it's a white guy.

Then it's a crazy loner...lol.