Liberty U student plotted to set off explosives, police say

[MiniMe]

Didn't see this posted, but may have missed it. How very christian of him.

LYNCHBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- A first-year Liberty University student was arrested in what police said was a plot to detonate explosive devices Tuesday, the day of the Rev. Jerry Falwell's funeral.

Mark David Uhl's intended target is unknown, authorities said.

ABC News reported the youth told authorities he had made the bombs -- which were found in his car -- to stop protesters from disrupting Falwell's funeral. (Read the story about Falwell's funeral)

Police received a call about 11 p.m. Monday from one of Uhl's family members, who said they had talked with him and he had "mentioned some explosive devices he had made," said Maj. Steve Hutcherson of the Campbell County, Virginia, sheriff's office.

Authorities found in Uhl's vehicle "what appeared to be about six explosive devices" that had detonation devices with them, Hutcherson said. The homemade devices were canisters with some kind of liquid inside.

A Virginia State Police bomb squad was summoned to ensure the items were safe, he said.

Uhl, 19, from Amissville, Virginia, was arrested at the home of one of his friends in Campbell County, near Lynchburg, Hutcherson said.

He was being held without bond in the Campbell County Adult Detention Center on suspicion of manufacturing explosive devices.

"Anytime you have somebody with what appears to be explosive devices, you have to take that threat seriously," Hutcherson said.




Wonder if he was after Fred Phelps?

edited to add link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/22/va.bombarrest/index.html

[Swamp Rat]

1. Tinky Falwell made him do it!!!

I point my finger at YOU Tinky Falwell!

[BrklynLiberal]

2. CLASSIC!!!!!!!!

[Tom Joad]

3. I wouldn't blame the school for this young man's sickness. Falwell & co are guilty of many things

but i don't think they should be blamed for this any more than Virginia Tech should be blamed for Cho's insanity.

[MiniMe]

4. I don't blame the school

But I would think bombing people would be against their rules. There is a wee bit of irony in this story, don't you think?

[durrrty libby]

5. Religion go to fucking hell

[BrklynLiberal]

6. I have said it before..and I will say it again.....

Radical Religionists, as opposed to radical secularists(Newt Gingrich's term)throughout history, have been the ones who have been behind the genocides, the holocausts, the Crusades, the Inquisitions, the witch-burnings and auto-de-fes, and the destruction of entire civilizations.

Those who feel their god is the right god seem to be all to willing to murder and torture anyone who does not share their beliefs.

I have had a difficult time finding atrocities that can be attributed the radical secularists.

[melnjones]

7. why is no one calling this terrorism? nt

[MiniMe]

8. It isn't terrorism if it is a christian that does it

:sarcasm:

[rucky]

9. Anybody else find this amusing?...

"ABC News reported the youth told authorities he had made the bombs -- which were found in his car -- to stop protesters from disrupting Falwell's funeral."

If you don't want something disrupted, bring bombs!

[nealmhughes]

10. Evidently they took the Dead Kennedeys to heart: "God told me to skin you alive!"

[gatorboy]

11. Here's his Myspace:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=52589827

[Maccagirl]

13. Scary stuff

Isn't it obvious to the people in his orbit that he's dysfunctional and extremely angry?

[Bluebear]

12. Will he be billed as a "Christian terrorist"?

Or is that just for Muslims?