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Toxic Powder, Swastikas Sent to Rep. Raul Grijalva, Progressive Caucus Co-Chair
TUCSON - The FBI is analyzing a toxic substance sent to the Tucson office of U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, the Democratic congressman's campaign spokesman said.
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., has faced death threats and on Thursday a toxic powder was sent to his office in a swastika-covered envelope. (John Moore / Getty Images file) A mail check at Grijalva's local office Thursday uncovered a white
powdery substance and drawings of two swastikas inside an envelope, Adam
Sarvana told CNN.
The Tucson Fire Department confirmed the substance was toxic, Sarvana said. Nearly a dozen people who were at the office when the substance was found were examined and sent home.
Scientists at an FBI laboratory in Phoenix were conducting a full analysis of the powder, Sarvana said.
The incident is the third security issue at Grijalva's district offices this year, the spokesman told CNN. Two offices were temporarily closed in April after receiving threats about Grijalva's position on immigration legislation. In July, a bullet shattered a window in his Yuma office, KVOA-TV, Tucson, reported.
"I do feel a great deal of concern for the people that work with me, for me. I feel concerned for the constituents that come to that office," Grijalva told KVOA. "Obviously, we're going to have to make more changes."
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Show AllMore bullsh*t from UPI.com.
Why in the world do the editors of Common Dreams use this discredited and useless source? A source controlled by the always suspect Moonies.
Earlier today CNN reported that the FBI declared that the powder found in the parcel at Grijalva's office was NOT toxic.
Can we get a correction here?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/22/arizona.congressman.toxic.package/index.html
CNN Headline: "FBI: Powder in package sent to Arizona congressman is 'nontoxic'"
Original reports all said it was toxic, the FBI statement that it was not toxic did not come out till later. CD very likely posted this story when the official word was that it was still toxic.
sounds like the tea bagger douchbags are hard at work committing terror and trying to intimidate Grijalva and voters in Arizona. all i can say is this is just like Nazi Germany and the brownshirts are out everywhere. people need to stand up to these assholes wherever they are and fight back against them with your fists if neccessary.
matt
galveston tx
Nazi's arrive in only the second comment...
CD = Clearly Deranged
Cicero: "Freedom is participation in power."
For the purposes of the domestic terrorists who sent that powder it doesn't matter if it was toxic or not--only that it terrorized the targeted people and/or groups. The U.S. government--at all our peril--under neo-lib/neo-con black quisling Obomber still focuses on surveilling and cracking-down on feeble left-of-DLC protesters instead of the proliferating Sturmabteilung of the brainwashing corporatist, militarist Right and the brainwashed rabble Right.