05-02-2010, 04:43 AM
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Car bomb in Times Square
Most fortunate someone alerted the cops on this, Saturday night in Times Square is extremely busy.
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A T-shirt vendor who noticed smoke coming out of a tinted, dark green sport utility vehicle alerted police to what turned out to be a potential bomb placed in Times Square.
Inside the vehicle, police found three propane tanks, two filled five-gallon gas containers, two clocks with batteries, consumer-grade fireworks and a locked metal box that resembled a gun locker.
The wiring around the device "was nothing that looked amateurish," Bloomberg said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/02/...ex.html?hpt=T1
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05-02-2010, 05:36 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Maybe the story has changed as it now reads that the wiring "looked amateurish"
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05-02-2010, 05:54 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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The 'truthers' are already out in full force claiming "Times Square was an inside job". Check out the comments to the CBC story. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/0...-car-bomb.html
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05-02-2010, 06:22 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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It is Bush's fault.
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05-02-2010, 08:49 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Calgary
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"..consumer grade fireworks." like roman candles and a few screamers? This is a bit of a terrorist fail. I think in the other contries, the pros fill the car with ball bearings and nails and stuff. These guys didn't watch 'The Kingdom' i guess.
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05-02-2010, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Jackpot_Smooth
"..consumer grade fireworks." like roman candles and a few screamers? This is a bit of a terrorist fail. I think in the other contries, the pros fill the car with ball bearings and nails and stuff. These guys didn't watch 'The Kingdom' i guess.
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I think the problem is that he watched too many movies. Clocks + Wires = detonator.
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05-02-2010, 10:15 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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Weird feeling knowing I was there less than 24 hours before they found it. Glad no one was injured.
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05-02-2010, 12:28 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Weird feeling knowing I was there less than 24 hours before they found it. Glad no one was injured.
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You're a suspect now.
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05-02-2010, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Richmond
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Pakistan's Taliban takes responsibility for the car bomb.
http://www.news1130.com/news/nationa...n-times-square
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The U.S.-based SITE intelligence group, which monitors militant websites, said the Pakistani Taliban claims the attack is revenge for the death of its leader Baitullah Mehsud and the recent killings of the top leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq.
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05-02-2010, 01:38 PM
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Had an idea!
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Clearly the Patriot Act isn't doing enough.
DO MORE!!!
Take away all those civil liberties and the bombs will go away.
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05-02-2010, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere
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Originally Posted by flames_fan13
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No Taliban link to NYC bomb: police
There is no evidence of a Taliban link to a failed bomb found in a sport utility vehicle parked in Times Square, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Sunday.
Kelly said officers were on their way to a town in Pennsylvania to talk to a tourist who may have recorded a bombing suspect on his video camera.
The commissioner said the possible suspect, a man in his 40s, was captured on security camera video in the area as he took off a dark shirt to reveal a red T-shirt underneath. He said police may be able to release that video in the coming days.
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05-02-2010, 04:54 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Davenport, Iowa
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They've said that a 40-something white male was spotted changing clothes and looking back towards the car half a block from it, so he seems to be the top suspect. There are also stories that a tourist has a picture of the suspect, so between 1000's of tourists with cameras, and hundreds of security cameras, I think they know who they're looking for.
I think it'll end up being some kind of nut that thought fireworks plus gasoline plus propane would surely equal a bomb. Listening to some of the news anchors talk about this was almost painful, as some of them were commenting on how "sophisticated" the bomb was. Hardly...
We're just lucky it wasn't another OKC style AmFo bomb by someone that knew what they were doing.
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05-02-2010, 04:58 PM
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I'm always skeptical on who they say they are targeting and looking for as a suspect before they actually catch anyone.
I think they sometimes release info on suspects in an attempt to let the actual suspect think they are on a different trail and let the guy rest and hopefully slip a little.
I remember with the DC snipers, they told everyone that they were looking for a van, and then ended up catching the guy in an older car.
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05-02-2010, 05:13 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I bet they turn around and blame this "bombing" on some "right wing extremist" group, or maybe a militia.......or hell maybe even the tea party members...
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05-02-2010, 05:19 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Clinching Party
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Bloomberg on CNN dragging out everyone's favorite "they hate us for our freedoms".
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05-02-2010, 05:52 PM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by QuadCityImages
They've said that a 40-something white male was spotted changing clothes and looking back towards the car half a block from it, so he seems to be the top suspect. There are also stories that a tourist has a picture of the suspect, so between 1000's of tourists with cameras, and hundreds of security cameras, I think they know who they're looking for.
I think it'll end up being some kind of nut that thought fireworks plus gasoline plus propane would surely equal a bomb. Listening to some of the news anchors talk about this was almost painful, as some of them were commenting on how "sophisticated" the bomb was. Hardly...
We're just lucky it wasn't another OKC style AmFo bomb by someone that knew what they were doing.
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Being white doesn't necessarily mean its a home grown terrorist plot by the lunatic fringe. There are lots of Caucasions that link to terrorist groups out of euro-asian nations.
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05-02-2010, 06:14 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Davenport, Iowa
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Being white doesn't necessarily mean its a home grown terrorist plot by the lunatic fringe. There are lots of Caucasions that link to terrorist groups out of euro-asian nations.
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Right, but if this person was linked to any "real" terrorist group, you'd think he could have asked them how to make a bomb.
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05-02-2010, 06:15 PM
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Location: Calgary
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The first thing that came to mind when I saw this is its a ploy to distract the American people from the Oil Platform Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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05-02-2010, 06:27 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Jetsfan
The first thing that came to mind when I saw this is its a ploy to distract the American people from the Oil Platform Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Yeah, that's exactly what it is. That's why Obama is touring the Gulf as we speak, and holding a press conference 
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