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Hostages taken at Clinton Campaign Office

by Steven D
Fri Nov 30th, 2007 at 03:09:35 PM EST

Hostage taker is currently believed to be holding campaign volunteers in Clinton's Rochester New Hampshire office:

(CNN) -- Two people are being held hostage by an armed man at Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire, police said Friday.
The man walked into the office at about 1 p.m., Maj. Michael Hambrook of the New Hampshire State Police told CNN affiliate WMUR-TV. [...]
A woman and her baby were released by the hostage-taker, the woman told workers at a nearby business, according to the WMUR Web site.
A witness, Lettie Tzizik, told WMUR she spoke to a woman shortly after she was released from the office by the hostage-taker.
"A young woman with a 6-month or 8-month-old infant came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said, 'You need to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape,'" the Web site reported. [...]
Buildings close to the storefront campaign office on Main Street were evacuated, including local campaign centers for Clinton's Democratic presidential rivals, Sen. Barack Obama and former senator John Edwards.

MsNBC is reporting that the man is demanding to talk to Senator Clinton, although police have not confirmed that claim. Senator Clinton has canceled a scheduled speech at the DNC meeting this afternoon. It's unclear whether she is en route to New Hampshire. Hopefully this can be resolved peacefully without any loss of life. More links at ejmw's diary here.

Update [2007-11-30 15:30:25 by Steven D]: Two more hostages released according to WMUR in New Hampshire. Report says police are not sure if any other hostages still remain inside.

Hostages taken at Clinton Campaign Office | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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I've got a diary up with some more links in it too Steven.

link

This is frightening on so many levels, not just for those staffers but the precedent it could set for our political process if it is indeed politically motivated.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Fri Nov 30th, 2007 at 03:14:06 PM EST

Re: Hostages taken at Clinton Campaign Office (none / 0)

Thanks. Added link to your diary above.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Fri Nov 30th, 2007 at 03:19:38 PM EST
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Re: Hostages taken at Clinton Campaign Office (none / 0)

Great. I just updated mine with this info, according to WMUR via DHinMI (sorry, I'm at work and not in front of a TV so I have to give everything 3rd-hand):

NH TV station WMUR has just reported that two hostages have been released. If in fact there were only two hostages remaining in the office, that would mean all the hostages are now safe, and only the man.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Fri Nov 30th, 2007 at 03:21:35 PM EST
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Let's hope the bomb is fake and the man gives himself up. This sounds like the action of a mentally disturbed person, frankly.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Fri Nov 30th, 2007 at 03:26:00 PM EST
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H** f** s**! That really sucks. I hope no one is hurt.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington- Obama
Philly for Obama

by Luam (LuamDK at gmail.com) on Fri Nov 30th, 2007 at 05:25:12 PM EST

Re: Hostages taken at Clinton Campaign Office (none / 0)

False flag op.

by Chino Blanco (chino@blanco.com) on Sat Dec 1st, 2007 at 11:06:40 AM EST

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