Where's The Terrorism Charges?????
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:34 am
Man Arrested for Plotting Clinic Attack
Last Updated:
06-08-06 at 3:25PM
A man who told police he made a pipe bomb to attack an abortion clinic was arrested Thursday, shortly before the device went off in a friend's home while authorities tried to disable it, according to court documents.
No one was injured by the explosion, which started a fire that burned the top floor of the Riverdale home, officials said.
Some friends of Robert F. Weiler Jr. had tipped off police about the 25-year-old's plans Wednesday night.
Weiler then called the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and surrendered to state troopers at a rest stop on Interstate 68 just after midnight. Investigators found a handgun and ammunition in his car, officials said.
According to an ATF affidavit, Weiler planned to bomb an abortion clinic in Greenbelt and use a .40-caliber handgun he had stolen from a friend to "shoot doctors who provided abortions."
Weiler faces four federal counts including making a destructive device and possessing an illegal handgun. He was being held Thursday.
Phone messages left at Weiler's home were not returned. A woman who answered the phone at the Greenbelt clinic said they had not heard of the threat.
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If a environmental wacko had plotted to bomb a ski resort, you'd be calling for terrorism charges (rightfully so). Where's the equal clamor for this terrorist to be charged properly?
Last Updated:
06-08-06 at 3:25PM
A man who told police he made a pipe bomb to attack an abortion clinic was arrested Thursday, shortly before the device went off in a friend's home while authorities tried to disable it, according to court documents.
No one was injured by the explosion, which started a fire that burned the top floor of the Riverdale home, officials said.
Some friends of Robert F. Weiler Jr. had tipped off police about the 25-year-old's plans Wednesday night.
Weiler then called the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and surrendered to state troopers at a rest stop on Interstate 68 just after midnight. Investigators found a handgun and ammunition in his car, officials said.
According to an ATF affidavit, Weiler planned to bomb an abortion clinic in Greenbelt and use a .40-caliber handgun he had stolen from a friend to "shoot doctors who provided abortions."
Weiler faces four federal counts including making a destructive device and possessing an illegal handgun. He was being held Thursday.
Phone messages left at Weiler's home were not returned. A woman who answered the phone at the Greenbelt clinic said they had not heard of the threat.
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If a environmental wacko had plotted to bomb a ski resort, you'd be calling for terrorism charges (rightfully so). Where's the equal clamor for this terrorist to be charged properly?