Car bomb found in Times Square: Update - Suspect arrested!!!

[PrincessKsMom]

I just read an article on CNN that stated that he was on the federal no fly list.

Here is the excerpt: FBI Deputy Director John Pistole said that Shahzad was on the federal "no fly" list, which helped Customs and Border Protection agents to arrest him.

Yet, he managed to board the plane to Dubai?

Not only board the plane, but the plane began to taxi?

 

[RitaZ.]

Not only board the plane, but the plane began to taxi?

I know.

 

[jazzielady]

Please don't post to that website. It is extremely politically biased. A link to the original source would suffice.

*note: I don't disagree with your opinion!

By the way, the mayor of NYC should apologize for engaging in "classification" before having the facts. Then again, Bloomberg looks so foolish today it really doesn't matter anymore.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2506187/posts

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Not only board the plane, but the plane began to taxi?

Okay, I just read something on this and I'm going to assume he was added to the no-fly list once they knew who they were looking for, not before this weekend. Still doesn't make it any better, but we'll have to see what they say going forward. Maybe they didn't want him to know they were on to him and knew he was at the airport? Maybe they thought be might be armed?

 

[FireDancer]

South Park may be an excuse for the bombing, but not a reason. Any nut case who would set off a bomb because of a stupid (but always hilarious) cartoon show obviously doesn't need an actual reason. If it wasn't the show it would have been something else. These people don't like us and just want to hurt us, no further excuse is needed.

The police work has been swift in response and that is good. They (the terrorists) will continue to try and we will have to continue to be vigilant but in many cases the fear of an attack is the real terror, even if the actual attack fails.

 

[padams]

As a lawyer who has done some criminal work, I can speculate that the Feds let the plane back away from the gate to show that he was fleeing (no bond- flight risk and for trial evidence that he was leaving for Dubai) and to see with whom he might be traveling and communicating. I read in one of the NYC newspapers that he wasn't the only person the Feds pulled off the flight.

 

[Jolly Ole Bert]

I'm almost sorry they caught the guy. There would have been a much better chance that he would get what he deserves if he was allowed to fly back to whatever hole in the ground he crawled out of instead of being caught here where he's going to be treated better than many citizens with our Tax dollars Sometimes reality makes me sick.

Not even close. He would have gone back home, gotten with his buddies, and went back to the 'ol drawing board to figure out Plan B since Plan A failed miserably. I am very, very happy he is in U.S. custody. And justice will be served.

And referring to other countries we are not familiar with as a "hole in the ground" is not the best way to win their respect/friendship.

The individual who called in the suspicious vehicle and reported this to authorities deserves to be recognized as a national hero. Also a good lesson to report anything suspicious looking, regardless of what it may be.

 

[Imzadi]

An update on the street vendor: I said earlier he will probably get the Keys of the City from Mayor Bloomberg. (Don't know if that will happen.) What he DID get was a phone call from President Obama yesterday!

I saw that. I want to go to Times Square and buy something from him.

Me, too!

I heard he actually sells handbags. So that would even be better.

Geraldo interviewed him the next day. The vendor said, after he told the officer about the SUV and they closed down the street, instead of going home and being able to pat himself on the back for what he did, he and the other vendors had to wait off to the side, on the streets, until the car was removed and the "All clear" signal was given, around 5 am, so he & the other vendors could pack up their merchandise that they had to leave behind.

Dude! You just saved our city. Go get a drink. But, at the end of the day, it's about to the usual details of life.

A couple weeks ago, it was announced that Mayor Bloomberg was cracking down on the amount of street vendors. He said there was way too many. Maybe he will re-think that plan, as they may turn out to be our first and best eyes & ears to keeping NYC safe.

Not even close. He would have gone back home, gotten with his buddies, and went back to the 'ol drawing board to figure out Plan B since Plan A failed miserably..

One of my concerns is as all these bomb analyses have been all over the news and every TV show, showing how ineptly he failed, the these "bomb trainings" will be able to use this info to improve their techniques for next time. "Use flammable fertilizer. . . Do not set activation materials next to each other until ready to activate bomb. . . Pick a street with no street vendors. . ."