A Prince George's County man who authorities say was planning to attack an abortion clinic was arrested on charges of manufacturing an explosive device, a pipe bomb that detonated in a friend's house as authorities tried to disable it. Robert F. Weiler Jr., 25, who had a loaded gun at the time of his arrest, surrendered to police early Thursday at a Garrett County highway rest stop, authorities said.
Weiler was charged with possessing an illegal explosive device, making an illegal explosive device, illegally possessing a firearm with a previous felony conviction and possessing a stolen firearm. Police said that the target was a College Park abortion clinic and doctors who performed the procedures.
The bomb -- made with black powder, galvanized pipe, nails, seven feet of fuse and one-inch-diameter end caps -- was discovered in the closet of a friend's home in Riverdale and detonated about 3:30 a.m., after Prince George's police bomb technicians were unable to disable it, said Mike Campbell, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
[This wingnut is described as going 'over the top' and having made 'very poor decisions.' But when you're a Christian and you want to kill people in the name of Christ, one thing you are not is a terrorist. Only Muslims who want to kill people in the name of Allah are terrorists. Because all religions are equal, but some are more equal than others.]
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