[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Major Variola ret) writes:
> [So empty bottles and empty gascans are 'unassembled Molotov
> cocktails? I bet even Sandfort has a few of these unassembled weapons
> of mass destruction concealed in his recycled bin. Does Nokia sell
> "remote detonators"? If you know how to solder, they do..]
>
>
>http://latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-000008987feb05.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes
>
> LOS ANGELES Web Site Prompts FBI Arrest of Man on Explosives Charges
> Inquiry: Sherman Oaks resident, 19, is accused of posting instructions
> on how to build, use weapons.
>
> By GREG KRIKORIAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
>
> FBI agents in New York City have arrested a Sherman Oaks teenager for
> allegedly using the Internet to distribute information on how to build
> a wide variety of explosive devices.
>
> The arrest late Sunday of Sherman Martin Austin, 19, came two weeks
> after federal agents with a search warrant seized two partially
> constructed Molotov cocktails, a remote detonator and other items from
> Austin's residence, according to a federal affidavit.
>
> The affidavit also alleges that Austin's Web site included
> instructions on how to make and use weapons ranging from slingshots
> and boomerangs to smoke bombs and fuel-fertilizer explosives. Austin's
> New York attorney could not be reached for comment, but his mother
> denied that her son had any involvement in making explosives or
> encouraging others to do so. "At this point in time, I don't want to
> make this a high-profile drama," she said.
>
> "My son is innocent," she added. "These are bogus charges. He is a
> peaceful person. We are a peaceful family."
>
> Austin's Web site, according to the affidavit, stated: "Many different
> weapons and tools can be used in street fighting. Make sure that you
> keep them clean of fingerprints, DNA fibers (hair follicles, etc.),
> especially explosives, because they may not always ignite."
>
> Also on the Web site, the affidavit says, was the following message on
> how to "defeat" police tactics: "One would attack the poorly defended
> positions by hurling rocks and firebombs. Since regular police could
> not sustain that for any longer period of time, the riot police would
> have to come to their aid. Then the second group of protestors would
> attack the now much weakened main objectives and possibly seize them."
>
> Federal authorities said Austin was in Manhattan last week to protest
> the World Economic Forum and was arrested by New York police Saturday
> for allegedly participating in an unlawful assembly and disorderly
> conduct.
>
> A police search in New York of Austin's car, according to the
> affidavit, turned up electrical wiring, electrical tape, an empty
> gasoline container and anarchist literature.
>
> After his release by New York police, FBI agents there took Austin
> into custody Sunday on a federal warrant that alleges he possessed
> a Molotov cocktail and used his Web site to post instructions on
> explosive devices with the intent that they would be used to commit
> federal crimes.
