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Photos collated on the 4chan website show numerous images of 
suspicious individuals wearing large backpacks present at the scene of 
the Boston Marathon bombings.<br />
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Three of the men appear to be Arab or Middle Eastern in appearance, whereas another two of the individuals are white.<br />
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The images show the men looking away from the marathon runners, 
talking on cellphones and running from the scene immediately after the 
blast.<br />
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Remains of one of the backpacks are also photographed yards from 
where one of the bombs exploded. The FBI states that at least one of the
 pressure cooker devices used in the bombing was housed in a backpack.<br />
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Some of these men may have merely been victims, but the image of the 
two men standing together wearing the same clothes and carrying heavy 
backpacks and wearing credentials suggests they may have been involved 
in a drill or in the actual attack. One of individuals, a white man 
whose backpack was found at the scene of the bombing, looks badly 
dressed and disheveled.<br />
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CNN is now reporting that authorities have identified one of the 
suspects involved in the attack by means of “video from a department 
store near the site of the second explosion” and “video from a Boston 
television station.”<br /><br />The Boston Globe also reports that, 
“authorities have an image of a suspect carrying and possibly dropping a
 black bag at the second blast site on Boylston Street.”<br />
<a href="http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/-Lord-Taylor-video-leads-to-identification-of-Boston-Marathon-bombing-suspect/-/11971628/19778450/-/format/rsss_2.0/-/q036x0/-/index.html#ixzz2QkCnfjtf">NewsCenter5 is reporting</a> that, “An arrest is imminent or may have already taken place,” and that the individual is being taken to court.<br />
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The Movement for the Emancipation of 
Niger Delta on Wednesday announced that it would on Friday (tomorrow) 
resume hostilities in the country.</div>
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In an e-mail sent to journalists, a copy 
of which was obtained by our correspondent, MEND’s spokesman, Gbomo 
Jomo, said a series of attacks, codenamed <i>Hurricane Exodus,</i> would begin at midnight on Friday.</div>
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It said the attacks would be “a direct 
repercussion of a forged threat letter contrived by the Nigerian and 
South African governments purporting to have originated from MEND”.</div>
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But government security agencies on Wednesday said they were prepared to checkmate the militant group.</div>
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Director of Information at the Defence 
Headquarters, Brig Gen. Chris Olukolade, warned those behind the threat 
to avoid any action that could endanger the peace in the area.</div>
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He said that the DHQ had its operatives on the ground and are prepared at all times to defend the interest of the country.</div>
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Olukolade warned MEND against reversing the hand of peace in the Niger Delta.</div>
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He said, “The DHQ has our outfit on the 
ground in the Niger Delta. Our structures are on ground in the area. </div>
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 They should not reverse the hand of peace; nobody should threaten the 
peace in the area.</div>
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“The JTF is on the ground and is prepared
 to do their duties in defence of every interest of the nation. Anybody 
trying to threaten the peace in the area is advised against it.”</div>
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 The police said they would bring to book
 anyone that engaged in any act that contravened the law of the land, 
stressing that it would not condone acts of lawlessness in any part of 
the country.</div>
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Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, 
Frank Mba, who said the police would not be drawn into responding to 
threats issued by criminal elements, noted that the Nigeria Police were 
ready to deal with any acts of brigandage.</div>
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“The police will not respond to threats 
by criminal elements, but suffice it to say we are ready to curb any 
acts of lawlessness or criminality in the country,” he said.</div>
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The statement read, “This fake letter was
 used as evidence against Henry Okah on whom a 13- year sentence was 
passed. To make matters worse, the prosecution’s second witness, Mr. 
Sele Victor-Ben, had exclaimed in court that the letter was not genuine 
after failing to catch the prosecutor’s eye who wanted him to lie under 
oath.</div>
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“We are now determined to conjure this imaginary trumped-up threat into a painful reality.</div>
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“The attacks will be sustained until an 
unreserved apology is offered to MEND and the Nigerian government shows 
its willingness to dialogue. The same way they are willing to dialogue 
with Boko Haram.”</div>
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A former leader of MEND, Henry Okah was 
on March 26 sentenced to 24 years imprisonment by a South African court 
which found him guilty of the October 1, 2010 bombing in Abuja and 
another one in Warri, Delta State. He was also sentenced for threatening
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2010.</div>
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MEND had been the main militant group 
behind attacks on oil installations and foreign workers in the restive 
Niger Delta before the Federal Government under the late President Umaru
 Yar’Adua granted amnesty to the fighters who surrendered their arms.</div>
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At the peak of MEND’s hostilities in the 
Niger Delta, home to the country’s vast oil wealth, oil production 
dipped significantly. Between 2006 and 2009, Nigeria’s oil output was 
cut by a quarter due to MEND activities.</div>
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The violence in the region reduced 
considerably after thousands of fighters in the different militia groups
 disarmed under the government’s amnesty programme. Most of the 
ex-militants are currently receiving various vocational trainining under
 the post-amnesty rehabilitation package.</div>
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Okah was one of the few militants who rejected the government’s amnesty programme which they said they distrusted.</div>
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Reacting to the threat on Wedneday, the 
Joint Task Force, the military outfit in charge of security in the 
region, asked the persons “parading themselves as MEND” to embrace the 
reigning peace in the region.</div>
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The JTF, in a statement by its Media 
Coordinator, Lt.-Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said it would not allow any 
aggrieved group to upset the peace in the region, saying it had 
positioned its troops in strategic places and put them on the alert to 
tackle possible upheaval.</div>
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It said, “Niger Deltans are not in any 
bondage and therefore do not require armed struggle or emancipation as 
claimed by this threatening gang.</div>
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“What Niger Deltans are in dire need of 
now is peace for sustainable development, having emerged from the dark 
days of turbulence in the region.</div>
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“Informed by this development we have 
effected some redeployment to tackle any upheaval. This set of people 
are advised to toe the path of law and order in addressing whatever 
grievance they have and to desist from any action that will upset the 
peace and development of the Niger Delta.</div>
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“The good and peace-loving people of the 
Niger Delta are enjoined to dissociate themselves, their communities and
 leadership from this unwholesome approach as portrayed by this group.”</div>
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