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| Gov. Paterson: Car Bomb An 'Act Of Terrorism' |
| 2010-05-02 |
| Genius. The NYPD is checking surveillance cameras around Times Square Sunday as they search for suspects in the car bomb scare. "We're in the process of identifying additional cameras which may have captured images of the vehicle and more important, people seen driving or leaving the vehicle," said NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. The FBI is also involved in the investigation. All City cops whose shift was supposed to end at midnight were kept on the job overnight, and checks were conducted in the outer boroughs for any suspicious activity that might be related to the incident. Police also said the license plate on the rear of the SUV did not belong to the vehicle, rather it was traced to a man who said it was on a car that he left at a junk yard. An SUV found parked on 45th Street Saturday evening was loaded with explosives, smoking and moments from blowing up when an alert t-shirt vendor noticed something wasn't right and alerted a mounted police officer. That officer, Wayne Radigan, evacuated the block and called for reinforcements. He was congratulated by Governor Paterson, Commissioner Kelly, and other officials early Sunday morning for his actions. "We avoided what could have been a very deadly event," Mayor Bloomberg said. "Firefighters, emergency service officers and the bomb squad responded and the bomb squad confirmed that the suspicious vehicle did indeed contain an explosive device," Bloomberg said. Packed inside the dark green Nissan Pathfinder were three propane tanks, consumer-grade fireworks, two full five-gallon gasoline containers, two clocks, some electrical wire, and a metal gun locker. The vehicle was abandoned with its engine on and hazard lights flashing, but police don't yet know who was driving it. Police immediately shut down Times Square, canceled Broadway shows, evacuated the Marriott Marquis, and ushered thousands of people outside the barriers. Bloomberg said the bomb scare is another reminder that New York is a terrorist target and everyone has to be vigilant. "Message, New Yorkers, is what we've been saying for an awful long time. Terrorists around the world who feel threatened by the freedoms that we have in this country and want to take those freedoms away from us always focus on the symbol of those freedoms, and that is New York City," Bloomberg said. Governor David Paterson issued a statement following the car bomb scare. "We owe an incredible debt of gratitude to the heroic actions of the New York City Police Department and to a single vigilant New Yorker who identified a suspicious vehicle near Times Square in New York City," he said. "Luckily, no one is hurt, and now the full attention of city, state and federal law enforcement will be turned to bringing the guilty party to justice in this act of terrorism." Oblahblah has been so lucky twice now that we know of. This run will not continue. Liberals need to go bye-bye because they keep going the wrong way on security issues like surveillance of terrorists and border security and illegal aliens (which has nothing to do with "immigration" unless it is just being used as a tool to pacify people's reaction to illegal aliens). Was this bomb built by Pakistani nationals on vacation in this country? |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #18 "Why don't you give them a call?" I probably shouldn't, gorb. I don't think they'd like what I called them. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-02 23:02 |
| #17 Barb: I deleted all my cookies at the behest of Comcast, trying to get their TV listings to show Richmond for zip 23235, instead of the Philadelphia they seem to think it should be. Team Obama seems to be able to get this to work out with the stimulus money and all. Why don't you give them a call? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-02 22:43 |
| #16 Thanks, I guess, KBK. I deleted all my cookies at the behest of Comcast, trying to get their TV listings to show Richmond for zip 23235, instead of the Philadelphia they seem to think it should be. It didn't work. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-02 21:25 |
| #15 20 over 9, Barbara! |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-05-02 19:45 |
| #14 CNN tells that there is a "huge back market in motor vehicles" in this country. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2010-05-02 19:12 |
| #13 There's not going to be a backlash until one of these attempts is successful. And that's the sad fact. The real sad fact is there'll be locals wherever the terrs finally get lucky saying "Why not give sharia a try..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-05-02 19:06 |
| #12 Police may have video of possible car bomb suspect |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-05-02 19:00 |
| #11 Test. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-02 17:43 |
| #10 There's not going to be a backlash until one of these attempts is successful. And that's the sad fact. I'll bet the pols are just watching public reaction to see if they can afford to just shrug this off. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-02 17:09 |
| #9 There's not going to be a backlash until one of these attempts is successful. And that's the sad fact. |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2010-05-02 16:57 |
| #8 At the NYPD news conference, Kelly said they had a video of a white male, about 40, leaving the scene and changing his shirt from a dark color to a red one underneath. They also blew open the gun box and it had packets of white powder, possibly fertilizer but still being analyzed. I guess they also have fingerprints and other forensic material. He did say someone also contacted a local new organization and took credit or gave a warning beforehand. No further elaboration. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-05-02 16:57 |
| #7 o The aborted Afghan-Yemen plan to bomb the New York City subway last September -- Nasi and a couple of high school friends Sorry -- my brain apparently got a little too efficient -- that's Najibullah Zazi, of course. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-02 16:44 |
| #6 There have been a lot more attempts, including 3 muslim plots in one week to bring down office/governmental buildings. Law enforcements stings even got one of them on video pressing the switch of the US gov issued truck bomb. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-05-02 16:28 |
| #5 I'll give Paterson his due. It's a reasonable statement. I would have liked to have seen an additional sentence about hunting the terrorists down, grinding them into the earth, and torching their villages, but that's just me. But we do indeed owe thanks to a street vendor and to the police. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-05-02 16:21 |
| #4 "Surprised the doofus didn't try to blame it on the Tea Partiers..." I'm sure he would have liked to, but the Obama regime probably already had in their hands the Pakistani Taliban video taking credit for the attempt. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2010-05-02 16:00 |
| #3 Separately, I think Governor Patterson is the first politician to openly call this terrorism. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-02 15:57 |
| #2 Oblahblahhas been so lucky twice now that we know of. I count this as the fourth, one of which was successful: o The aborted Afghan-Yemen plan to bomb the New York City subway last September -- Nasi and a couple of high school friends have been convicted for it, and the imam will be returning to Afghanistan in a few months. o The unsuccessful pantybomber from Nigeria who flew in Christmas day, also connected to Yemen. o Major Hassan, who successfully killed many of his fellow soldiers just before they shipped out to Iraq, and who I believe now faces the death penalty. o The unsuccessful Times Square SUV bombers. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-02 15:38 |
| #1 Surprised the doofus didn't try to blame it on the Tea Partiers.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2010-05-02 15:22 |