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Sep 3, 2008 5:00 am US/Central

Warrant Applications Give Clues To RNC Raids

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St. Paul, Minn. (AP) ― New details are emerging about how authorities investigated an anarchist group that was planning disruptions at the Republican National Convention.
  
According to search warrant applications obtained by news organizations, the Ramsey County sheriff's office and other law enforcement agencies started investigating the RNC Welcoming Committee just over a year ago.
  
The document says investigators determined that the group's membership had fluctuated between 30 and 35 members who had met more than 100 times in the past year.
  
It says the organizers' discussions included talk of blocking traffic; attacking police with Molotov cocktails, sharpened poles and shields; sabotaging the Xcel Energy Center and the St. Paul Downtown Airport; and even kidnapping delegates.

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