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Surprised nobody heard/posted about this.

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_times_square_car_bomb]NYPD: Video has possible SUV bomb suspect in alley - Yahoo! News[/url]

Luckily nobody was hurt. Could only imagine the destruction there would've been if that bomb had detonated.

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I wonder if they found any Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly CDs in there.

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[quote=tryfuhl;697482]I wonder if they found any Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly CDs in there.[/quote]

Probably not, because then they would've been parked outside of the White House.

But all jokes aside, whoever this dude is obviously a nut. Hopefully they find him and lock him up very soon.

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[quote=tryfuhl;697482]I wonder if they found any Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly CDs in there.[/quote]

Dude stop stealing Saden'ss lines. You're not the resident liberal. Lol.

As to why this wasn't posted, well I guess you need an actual bang to get peoples attention. The incidents where something good ends up happening (ie New Yorkers working together to prevent an accident) don't get nearly as much screen time. Plus by all accounts this was put together by an idiot, not a well connected terrorist. The fact that it failed as hard as it did is a testament to that.

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MSN posted it, but it wasn't a main headline when I first saw it.

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As someone who is in Times Square a lot, and whose wife passes by there almost every day...this is scary stuff. I'm glad nothing happened and I hope the suspect is caught soon

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[quote=SmootSmack;697500]As someone who is in Times Square a lot, and whose wife passes by there almost every day...this is scary stuff. I'm glad nothing happened and I hope the suspect is caught soon[/quote]


If you work anywhere near any major city you are not safe. I almost want to say places like Times Square may even be a bit safer, have to think there is add security there.

The person probaly have more luck in a less of a "hot spot" area.

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[quote=mredskins;697512]If you work anywhere near any major city you are not safe. I almost want to say places like Times Square may even be a bit safer, have to think there is add security there.

The person probaly have more luck in a less of a "hot spot" area.[/quote]

Well he got the truck into the time square and if he had built a better bomb the results would not have been good. Time Square is not safer because they cannot serch ever veh. that enters the city so its only a matter of time until someone pulls in with a truck blows the hell out of a place like time sq.

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[quote=tryfuhl;697482]I wonder if they found any Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly CDs in there.[/quote]

That's idiotic. I hope you're just attempting a bad joke.


Interestingly enough, it was parked outside Viacom, where they product offensive garbage like South Park and MTV.

It it was a Muslim who did this (it usually is), they're probably mad about some Mohammed jokes on a cartoon. As we saw with the rioting and murders all over Europe a few years ago, a simple comic strip can send millions of them them into riots and killing sprees.

Ahem...

[url=http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/nyc/pakistani-taliban-claims-responsibility-20100502-ac]Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility[/url]

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100503/ts_nm/us_pakistan_taliban_mehsud_5]Pakistan Taliban leader alive, threatens U.S. attacks - Yahoo! News[/url]

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100503/ap_on_re_as/times_square_car_bomb_claim_3]Pakistani Taliban promise US attacks post-NY scare - Yahoo! News[/url]

[url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-03/pakistani-taliban-chief-vows-attacks-on-u-s-in-video-update2-.html]Pakistani Taliban Chief Vows Attacks on U.S. in Video (Update2) - BusinessWeek[/url]

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[quote=Buster;697551]That's idiotic. I hope you're just attempting a bad joke.


Interestingly enough, it was parked outside Viacom, where they product offensive garbage like South Park and MTV.

It it was a Muslim who did this (it usually is), they're probably mad about some Mohammed jokes on a cartoon. As we saw with the rioting and murders all over Europe a few years ago, a simple comic strip can send millions of them them into riots and killing sprees.

Ahem...

[URL="http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/nyc/pakistani-taliban-claims-responsibility-20100502-ac"]Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility[/URL]

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100503/ts_nm/us_pakistan_taliban_mehsud_5"]Pakistan Taliban leader alive, threatens U.S. attacks - Yahoo! News[/URL]

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100503/ap_on_re_as/times_square_car_bomb_claim_3"]Pakistani Taliban promise US attacks post-NY scare - Yahoo! News[/URL]

[URL="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-03/pakistani-taliban-chief-vows-attacks-on-u-s-in-video-update2-.html"]Pakistani Taliban Chief Vows Attacks on U.S. in Video (Update2) - BusinessWeek[/URL][/quote]

South Park just did a show that dressed Mohammad in a bear outfit so some have made that link. I actually like SP but I would not let my children watch the show.

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[quote=firstdown;697561]South Park just did a show that dressed Mohammad in a bear outfit so some have made that link. I actually like SP but I would not let my children watch the show.[/quote]

I didn't even know that. I don't watch it, never will. I just know they're constantly out to offend everyone whether they carry Bibles or bombs. Someday, it could really backfire on them.

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[quote=firstdown;697561]South Park just did a show that dressed Mohammad in a bear outfit so some have made that link. I actually like SP but I would not let my children watch the show.[/quote]

That's good because it's not meant for kids, that's why it's on at 10pm

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What's wrong with the world when people want to kill someone over a cartoon?

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[quote=Buster;697551]That's idiotic. I hope you're just attempting a bad joke.
[/quote]

yea, who would actually listen to that crap.




[quote]It it was a Muslim who did this (it usually is), [/quote]

except when it's not.
see McVeigh, Timothy and Stack, Joseph.
of course when the american white guys do it we just call them "disgruntled and angry" or that they just have "some misguided gripes with the government" instead of calling them what they are (Terrorists, yea, i went capital T).

btw, when we invade and demolish another country based on trumped up phoney evidence on WMD and cuz we want regime change, and hundreds of thousands of innocents die in the process, i guess that's just "foreign policy" and not terrorism.

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[quote=firstdown;697546]Well he got the truck into the time square and if he had built a better bomb the results would not have been good. Time Square is not safer because they cannot serch ever veh. that enters the city so its only a matter of time until someone pulls in with a truck blows the hell out of a place like time sq.[/quote]


Just saying I bet there are less eyes on Chinatown then Times Square.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;697480]Surprised nobody heard/posted about this.

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_times_square_car_bomb"]NYPD: Video has possible SUV bomb suspect in alley - Yahoo! News[/URL]

Luckily nobody was hurt. Could only imagine the destruction there would've been if that bomb had detonated.[/quote]


[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Im offended that yahoo wanted me to watch an ad prior to seeing the video. I mean cant they employ some discretion when putting ads on videos. Cute puppy dogs dressed up in Halloween customs (Ad - yes). Nationwide man hunt for terror suspect (Ad - no).[/FONT][/COLOR]

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that's a weird thing to get offended to. So when you buy a newspaper you don't want ads in the A section, or when you watch the 10 oclock news they shouldn't put teasers before ads?

That is going to be a popular link, hence good ad space. (not as good as a truck though;))

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[quote=mlmpetert;697587][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Im offended that yahoo wanted me to watch an ad prior to seeing the video. I mean cant they employ some discretion when putting ads on videos. Cute puppy dogs dressed up in Halloween customs (Ad - yes). Nationwide man hunt for terror suspect (Ad - no).[/FONT][/COLOR][/quote]

Thats how they can offer the news and the online services for free. I'm sure they offer a pay service if you don't want to watch the comercials.

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[quote=Mattyk;697566]That's good because it's not meant for kids, that's why it's on at 10pm[/quote]

I don't watch it very often and when I did I thought I was watching reruns thinking they did't still produce the show. Then I'm sitting there watching it and the topic was current and I kind of laughed at myself.

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[quote=Buster;697551]That's idiotic. I hope you're just attempting a bad joke.


Interestingly enough, it was parked outside Viacom, where they product offensive garbage like South Park and MTV.

It it was a Muslim who did this (it usually is), they're probably mad about some Mohammed jokes on a cartoon. As we saw with the rioting and murders all over Europe a few years ago, a simple comic strip can send millions of them them into riots and killing sprees.

Ahem...

[url=http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/nyc/pakistani-taliban-claims-responsibility-20100502-ac]Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility[/url]

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100503/ts_nm/us_pakistan_taliban_mehsud_5]Pakistan Taliban leader alive, threatens U.S. attacks - Yahoo! News[/url]

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100503/ap_on_re_as/times_square_car_bomb_claim_3]Pakistani Taliban promise US attacks post-NY scare - Yahoo! News[/url]

[url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-03/pakistani-taliban-chief-vows-attacks-on-u-s-in-video-update2-.html]Pakistani Taliban Chief Vows Attacks on U.S. in Video (Update2) - BusinessWeek[/url][/quote]

The first two sentences of your post could have referred to the rest of your post. Way to make general assumptions

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[quote=mlmpetert;697587][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Im offended that yahoo wanted me to watch an ad prior to seeing the video. I mean cant they employ some discretion when putting ads on videos. Cute puppy dogs dressed up in Halloween customs (Ad - yes). Nationwide man hunt for terror suspect (Ad - no).[/FONT][/COLOR][/quote]

Fire up the van again! :)

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[quote=SmootSmack;697622]Fire up the van again! :)[/quote]

I thought it was a bus? Or a billboard?

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[quote=Ruhskins;697631]I thought it was a bus? Or a billboard?[/quote]

Maybe it was a billboard on a bus

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[quote=SmootSmack;697641]Maybe it was a billboard on a bus[/quote]

Geez! It was a billboard on a truck:

[IMG]http://s.kapipal.com/static/images/kapipals/2de5c4b8693c417281538317d2a682f8.jpg[/IMG]

It should be changed to "FREE OUR NEWS, YOU YAHOOS"

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Maybe im overreacting to ads on internet videos

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Back to the attempt, I wonder if he planned on being a suicide bomber, and when it did not go as planned he tried to get out of town; or if he was trying to avoid the blast altogether. If the vehicle had blown up, finding the VIN of the specific vehicle would have been a humongous undertaking. Assuming this guy is the right guy, then good job piecing it all together that quickly.
[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_times_square_car_bomb]Official: Times Square suspect says he acted alone - Yahoo! News[/url]

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[quote=Rainy Parade;697570]yea, who would actually listen to that crap.






except when it's not.
see McVeigh, Timothy and Stack, Joseph.
of course when the american white guys do it we just call them "disgruntled and angry" or that they just have "some misguided gripes with the government" instead of calling them what they are (Terrorists, yea, i went capital T).

btw, when we invade and demolish another country based on trumped up phoney evidence on WMD and cuz we want regime change, and hundreds of thousands of innocents die in the process, i guess that's just "foreign policy" and not terrorism.[/quote]

woah woah woah, stop being objective.

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So how did this guy manage to get on the plane when he was on the no-fly list? Apparently the carrier or airport didn't have an updated list? He bought a one way ticket to Pakistan with cash... isn't a transaction like that supposed to set off all sorts of red flags??

Just glad they caught the guy.

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Here is one scenario, still doesn't explain the getting on the actual plane though: The FBI/Homeland Security had the airport wanted him to go through security so that they knew he had no explosives or weapons etc.

Of course if Jack Bauer had been in charge (and it wasn't the last episode) he would have gotten on the plane as Jack was running through the airport yelling "Turn that plane around NOW"!
I love 24, and imagine that this investigation was done at nearly as hectic a pace as that show runs at.

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Also:

via twitter:

U.S. government to now require airlines to check no-fly lists within two hours of being notified of changes, up from 24 hours, official says

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8.5 years later and we're still getting our shit together. to think most of us have dealt with all the "inconveniences" of extra security and yet it seems some of the basics aren't getting done. like that xmas underwear bomber guy. didn't his DAD call the freakin Feds to say he thought his son would do something? meanwhile they're makin my 80-year-old father inlaw throw away his shaving cream.

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[quote=Rainy Parade;698408]8.5 years later and we're still getting our shit together. to think most of us have dealt with all the "inconveniences" of extra security and yet it seems some of the basics aren't getting done. like that xmas underwear bomber guy. didn't his DAD call the freakin Feds to say he thought his son would do something? meanwhile they're makin my 80-year-old father inlaw throw away his shaving cream.[/quote]
Well as is always the case, if someone is intent on doing something evil, and is willing to sacrifice his/her life, it is very difficult to stop them. I fly a couple times a year, and it's amazing how quickly people got used to taking off belts, shoes etc.

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[quote=Rainy Parade;697570]yea, who would actually listen to that crap.






except when it's not.
see McVeigh, Timothy and Stack, Joseph.
of course when the american white guys do it we just call them "disgruntled and angry" or that they just have "some misguided gripes with the government" instead of calling them what they are (Terrorists, yea, i went capital T).

btw, when we invade and demolish another country based on trumped up phoney evidence on WMD and cuz we want regime change, and hundreds of thousands of innocents die in the process, i guess that's just "foreign policy" and not terrorism.[/quote]



Golly, well look at that...it WAS a Muslim...and he wasn't a "Tea Partier" or "mad about the Immigration Bill" as some politicians (Dems) claimed.

Shocked. :yeahright

[url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575224451665380256.html]Faisal Shahzad, Times Square Bomb Suspect, Faced Foreclosure - WSJ.com[/url]

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[quote=Buster;698471]Golly, well look at that...it WAS a Muslim...and he wasn't a "Tea Partier" or "mad about the Immigration Bill" as some politicians (Dems) claimed.

Shocked. :yeahright

[url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575224451665380256.html]Faisal Shahzad, Times Square Bomb Suspect, Faced Foreclosure - WSJ.com[/url][/quote]


when did i claim it was gonna be a teabagger? i know the rightwing blogosphere is all abuzz so happy not cuz he's in custody but because he helps reinforce their stereotypes. good for you.

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His religion doesn't appear to be an issue

[QUOTE]Law-enforcement officers were seen at a Bridgeport mosque Tuesday morning, but so far authorities have revealed no evidence that religious extremism motivated Mr. Shahzad, nor have acquaintances recalled him voicing extremist views.[/QUOTE]

He sounds like a messed up, confused, and frustrated guy pushed to his limits by financial ruin. Sad story if you ask me. Even more sad that he's going to be labeled by some due to his religion.

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[quote=Mattyk;698476]His religion doesn't appear to be an issue



He sounds like a messed up, confused, and frustrated guy pushed to his limits by financial ruin. Sad story if you ask me. Even more sad that he's going to be labeled by some due to his religion.[/quote]


of course, he's got a funny name, was flying to pakistan and probably has kinda dark skin. that's all some people need to know.

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[quote=Rainy Parade;698474]when did i claim it was gonna be a teabagger? i know the rightwing blogosphere is all abuzz so happy not cuz he's in custody but because he helps reinforce their stereotypes. good for you.[/quote]

First of all, grow up and stop pretending to be like your heroes on the Comedy News Network with the immature, offensive name calling.

Pretty much all of the major media and a lot of politicians don't want to admit it's a Muslim. A lady on NBC actually said on the air she's disappointed that this wasn't another white Timothy McVeigh because it only makes people racist for thinking of Muslims when terrorist attacks occur. What kind of insane, twisted thinking is that? Wishing there are more McVeighs?

Wake up...they've been attacking us since the late 1970s. There's more than a trend, there's an all-out war to kill you and I. They won't let one of us go because we pretend we support them and stand up for their "rights"...they'll kill you and me without caring...because we're Americans. All of the "tolerance" and "understanding" in the world won't spare you.

This Administration's "terrorists have rights too, lets read them their rights and allow them to be silent and get a lawyer after trying to murder hundreds or thousands of Americans" views are going to get us all killed.

There are 3 legal exceptions to the Miranda Rights, one being PUBLIC SAFETY. Even if this terrorist was a legal citizen, we don't need to treat them like they are a bank robber...they're trying to kill Americans in mass. Get info out of them, care about their feelings later. This is now 2 attempted attacks in a row that the process was botched in favor of the terrorist.

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[quote=Rainy Parade;698477]of course, he's got a funny name, was flying to pakistan and probably has kinda dark skin. that's all some people need to know.[/quote]

Sadly that's true

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[quote=Mattyk;698476]His religion doesn't appear to be an issue



He sounds like a messed up, confused, and frustrated guy pushed to his limits by financial ruin. Sad story if you ask me. Even more sad that he's going to be labeled by some due to his religion.[/quote]

ALL terrorists are messed up and confused. We don't need to hug him and feel sorry about his bad luck...we need to eliminate people like him getting into our country.

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[quote=Buster;698478]First of all, grow up and stop pretending to be like your heroes on the Comedy News Network with the immature, offensive name calling.

Pretty much all of the major media and a lot of politicians don't want to admit it's a Muslim. A lady on NBC actually said on the air she's disappointed that this wasn't another white Timothy McVeigh because it only makes people racist for thinking of Muslims when terrorist attacks occur. What kind of insane, twisted thinking is that? Wishing there are more McVeighs?

Wake up...they've been attacking us since the late 1970s. There's more than a trend, there's an all-out war to kill you and I. They won't let one of us go because we pretend we support them and stand up for their "rights"...they'll kill you and me without caring...because we're Americans. All of the "tolerance" and "understanding" in the world won't spare you.

This Administration's "terrorists have rights too, lets read them their rights and allow them to be silent and get a lawyer after trying to murder hundreds or thousands of Americans" views are going to get us all killed.

There are 3 legal exceptions to the Miranda Rights, one being PUBLIC SAFETY. Even if this terrorist was a legal citizen, we don't need to treat them like they are a bank robber...they're trying to kill Americans in mass. Get info out of them, care about their feelings later. This is now 2 attempted attacks in a row that the process was botched in favor of the terrorist.[/quote]


umm, what? first of all... where's the name calling? if you mean "teabaggers" well that term has been used quite a bit all over the spectrum of mainstream media so that was not meant as name calling even though we can all giggle at the thought of glenn beck with someone's nuts in his mouth.

as for your portrayal of someone alledgedly wishing there more mcveighs, okay... as if YOUR heroes on Fox aren't stirring the pot calling guys like that patriots.


and, oh by the way, Obama has largely continued the Bush-Cheney doctrine of no real jury trials for terrorists. they are not coddling terrorists, no matter what Rush Limbaugh is telling you.

but go ahead and blame "the liberals" or claim that Obama is "sort on terrorism." whatever makes you feel better.