Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/1/2012

Five anarchists who plotted to blow up a major highway bridge in Ohio were nabbed by the FBI today. The young men — said to be affiliated with the “Occupy” movement — planned to use explosives to blow up one of the bridge supports, which they hoped would bring down the whole structure. Fortunately for Ohioans, the explosives the arnachists bought from an FBI informant were harmless fakes.

In other news, Iranian policewomen in full hijab are out on the streets of Tehran as the hot weather begins, watching out for shameless women who may attempt to escape the heat by wearing un-Islamic clothing.

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