Car Bomb in Times Square

[Saru Inc]

This is a little less formal of a news article.

 

As I'm sure all of you know of the car bomb that was found in Times Square, Saturday night.

 

Well... They caught the guy.

 

NEW YORK - Authorities arrested a U.S. citizen in connection with the failed bombing attempt in New York's Times Square as he tried to leave the country, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday.

 

Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested at 11:45 p.m. ET Monday night by Customs and Border Protection agents after he boarded an Emirates airlines flight to Dubai at New York's JFK airport, officials told NBC News.

 

U.S. government officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Shahzad made his flight reservation on the way to the airport and paid for his ticket in cash.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36892505/ns/us_news-security/

 

And also there was a bomb type device in Pittsburgh, which I'm pretty sure they said this wasn't a bomb. But if anyone has any other theories of that, feel free to discuss in this topic.

 

Also, Pakistan took responsibility for bomb. Do you guys think the claim holds any validity? Pakistan is always trying to look badass... (Note, DO NOT discuss whether or not Islam is a religion of peace etc, that's just too off-topic. Even for off-topic.

[Danqazmlp]

All i know is that i heard the end of a news report last night which they said something along the lines of;

 

'it is unknown if this is related to a threat by extremists after an image of Muhammed was to be shown on the cartoon 'South Park'.

 

And I'm sorry about how racist this is going to sound, but we all know who is going to be responsible (hint, it isn't Buddhists)

[Saru Inc]

Thats not racist at all. *Hides from rocks* I mean, it's not like Taoists (or as you said, those angry violent Buddhists) blow up people all the time. Islam has had quite the rap sheet throughout the ages. But I've just broken my own rule >.< I think it was Islam, but I don't think Pakistan did it.

[Skeptical]

What we do to ourselves is worse than anything that they can do to us.

[Danqazmlp]

What we do to ourselves is worse than anything that they can do to us.

 

 

But what you do to yourself is your choice. Getting blown up by a bomb certainly is not.

[Skeptical]

What we do to ourselves is worse than anything that they can do to us.

 

 

But what you do to yourself is your choice. Getting blown up by a bomb certainly is not.

 

That's not my point: I'm not discussing suicide and depression, but random searches, racial profiling and pointless "security" measures created to keep people "safe."

[tortilliachp]

 

And I'm sorry about how racist this is going to sound, but we all know who is going to be responsible (hint, it isn't Buddhists)

 

atypical extremists? Christianity has them too.

[Saru Inc]

 

And I'm sorry about how racist this is going to sound, but we all know who is going to be responsible (hint, it isn't Buddhists)

 

atypical extremists? Christianity has them too.

 

 

no pic no proof =\ I'm being serious, show proof or don't say stuff like that. (I'm not automatically dismissing the idea of it mind you)

[Rainy_Day]

Shock horror. It's pathetic what people do just because they have a grievance with a country. Attempting to kill innocent civilians & tourists from other countries? What does that truly accomplish except bloodshed.

 

atypical extremists? Christianity has them too.

 

Not sure I've heard much about Christians planting bombs in busy areas recently, have you?

[Skeptical]

Shock horror. It's pathetic what people do just because they have a grievance with a country. Attempting to kill innocent civilians & tourists from other countries? What does that truly accomplish except bloodshed.

 

atypical extremists? Christianity has them too.

 

Not sure I've heard much about Christians planting bombs in busy areas recently, have you?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh

 

That's just one

[Rainy_Day]

Shock horror. It's pathetic what people do just because they have a grievance with a country. Attempting to kill innocent civilians & tourists from other countries? What does that truly accomplish except bloodshed.

 

atypical extremists? Christianity has them too.

 

Not sure I've heard much about Christians planting bombs in busy areas recently, have you?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh

 

That's just one

I did say recently. I'm sure Christians have committed many bad acts in the past, but I don't hear anything about them bombing anyone these days.

 

(Note: I'm not a Christian).

[Saru Inc]

1995. Something more recent please. And yes, EVERY religion has bizarre bombers, and weird extremists (remember the old topic about the Christian woman who didn't feed her family, because she thought God would provide?) But if there could be a bar graph comparing Islam to other religions, it would excede the others by far.

[Perakp]

You can't discard history when condemning those who live today.

 

 

 

What I mean to say is that we aren't getting anywhere with these blunt comments, but instead we should try to understand the reasons as to why the world is what it has become.

 

- History of the religions, geopolitical shifts, natural resources etc etc, dating back hundreds/ thousands of years.

There are (good?) reasons why those rogue/terrorist nations are not (yet) democratic, and why there are extremists and what not.

 

 

(posted & edited in a rush but I'm done now... move on)

[Saru Inc]

Yes, but people do it all the time. So I guess we can...

 

And never said we were discarded him, but thats one person. ONE.

 

And do not list the crusades...

[tortilliachp]

 

And I'm sorry about how racist this is going to sound, but we all know who is going to be responsible (hint, it isn't Buddhists)

 

atypical extremists? Christianity has them too.

 

 

no pic no proof =\ I'm being serious, show proof or don't say stuff like that. (I'm not automatically dismissing the idea of it mind you)

 

 

I was thinking of the modern IRA as just an example many have heard of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Continuity_IRA_actions:

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1994

 

19 December: The CIRA detonated a 2 lb semtex bomb in Enniskillen.[1]

 

1995

 

7 February: A small bomb was planted by the CIRA in Newry.[1]

 

1996

 

6 January : The Irish Republican Publicity Bureau issued a statement saying 'a reborn Irish Republican Army had emerged led by the "Continuity Army Council"'.[2]

13 July : A car bomb estimated to contain 1,200 lb of home-made explosives exploded outside the Kilyhelvin Hotel, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, causing substantial damage. The blast injured 17 people as they were being evacuated from the hotel.[3]

29 September : A car bomb containing 250 lb of home-made explosives was abandoned in Belfast. Security forces made the device safe using a controlled explosion.[3]

21 November : A 600 lb bomb, which failed to explode, was found abandoned in Derry.[3]

 

1997

 

31 July : A bomb, estimated at between 500 and 1,000 lb, was left in the grounds of Carrybridge Hotel, near Lisbellaw, County Fermanagh. It was defused by the British Army.[4]

9 August : A hoax van bomb was planted on Craigavon Bridge, Derry prior to the start of the Apprentice Boys' parade through the city. Disturbances broke out during the march when Loyalist bandsmen broke ranks to attack Nationalist residents who were observing the parade.[4]

16 September : The day after Sinn Féin joined the political negotiations which led to the Good Friday Agreement, a bomb estimated at 400 lbs exploded in Markethill, County Armagh, causing extensive damage.[4]

30 October : A holdall bomb was left in an office of a government building in Derry. The bag contained a quantity of Semtex and petrol, but failed to detonate properly.[5]

20 November : A small bomb was left behind Belfast City Hall. The Progressive Unionist Party claimed the device was aimed at their ground floor office.[4]

 

1998

 

24 January : A car bomb exploded outside the 'River Club' on Factory Road in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. The building was extensively damaged, but there were no injuries.[6]

3 March : A 600 lb car bomb was found by Garda in County Louth. They believed it was being prepared for a CIRA attack in Armagh.[6]

10 March 1988 A mortar attack was carried out on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base on Newry Road in Armagh. People were evacuated from the surrounding area after the British Army spotted the mortars, and there were no injuries.[6]

20 March : A bomb was left in the Northern Bank in Derry, and the city centre was cleared for four hours while the British Army defused it. CIRA claimed a republican tried to prevent them carrying out the attack.[6]

4 May : A failed mortar attack was carried out on Grosvenor Road RUC station in Belfast. One of the mortars did not reach its target and the other exploded in its launch tube.[6]

15 May : A car and trailer bomb were abandoned in Kinawley, County Fermanagh. The army recovered and made safe two mortars, containing between 100 lb and 150 lb of explosives.[7]

4 September : A gun attack was carried out on an RUC patrol on the Moy Road between Portadown, County Armagh and Moy, County Tyrone. The RUC denied any knowledge of an attack in the area.[8]

23 September : Seven men were arrested, and two guns were recovered from a Dublin house after police raids in Dublin and Leixlip.[9]

 

1999

 

14 January : A gun attack took place on Woodbourne RUC station in West Belfast. Four men were later arrested.[10]

4 February : Channel 4 documentary Dispatches showed a CIRA propaganda video, which included members armed with a hand-held grenade laucher, an AK-47 assault rifle and a Magnum revolver.[11]

4 May : A gun attack took place on Lisnaskea RUC station in County Fermanagh.[10]

25 May : CIRA member, Tommy Crossan, was attacked by another prisoner in Maghaberry Prison.[12]

1 June : A telephone warning using a recognised CIRA codeword claimed a 500 lb bomb had been left in Russell Street, Armagh. The RUC searched the area disrupting rush hour traffic, but no bomb was found.[13]

27 December : Approximately 20,000 people were evacuated from Kempton Park Racecourse following a bomb alert.[10]

 

2000

 

23 January : A man from Limerick was arrested in connection with a seizure of explosives in Cahir, County Tipperary, which included Semtex, two drogue bombs, home made components for rocket launchers, home made mortars and grenades. He was later jailed for eight years by the Special Criminal Court.[14][15]

6 February : A bomb exploded at Mahon's Hotel in Irvinestown. The hotel was evacuated shortly before the explosion after a telephone warning was received, and there were no injuries.[16]

25 February : A bomb attack took place on Shackleton Army Barracks in Ballykelly, causing slight damage but no injuries. Three gas cylinders packed with explosives found at the scene failed to detonate, and two men were later arrested.[17]

12 April : A failed mortar attack took place on Rosslea RUC station in County Fermanagh. Four families were evacuated from their homes for three days during a subsequent security operation, and a 10 kg home-made device was defused by army bomb disposal experts.[18]

10 May : The CIRA issued a statement calling on the Provisional IRA to disband and hand its weapons over to those who were "prepared to defend the Republic".[19]

19 May : A series of bomb alerts caused serious disruption in Belfast, after telephone warnings claimed bombs had been left in several locations including the BBC studios at Broadcasting House. Army bomb disposal experts carried out several controlled explosions before declaring the area safe.[20]

1 November : A booby-trap bomb exploded in Castlewellan, County Down, seriously injuring an RUC officer who lost a leg and two fingers. The CIRA later claimed responsibility.[21][22]

14 December : A man, Sean Paul Magee, and a 16 year old boy were arrested when a bomb was found in a car in King Street, Belfast. They were charged with explosives offences and possessing documents likely to be of use to terrorists, but the charges were later dropped.[23][24]

 

2001

 

31 May : Dermot Gannon, 34, from Dublin was jailed for four years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. He was the first person to be convicted of membership of the CIRA solely on the word of a Garda chief superintendent, under new legislation introduced after the Omagh bombing.[25]

22 June : Thomas Ryan, 25, from Kilscanlan, Foulksmills, Co Wexford pleaded guilty to possession of 87 sticks of gelignite. He received an 8 year suspended sentence after co-operating with the police.[26]

24 June : Irish police discover bomb making materials and 60 kg of home-made explosives near Clones, County Monaghan. The device was made safe by an Irish Army bomb disposal team.[27]

19 July : A bomb was thrown from a car and up to six shots fired during an attack on Castlewellan RUC station in County Down. The station suffered minor damage but there were no injuries.[28]

17 August : Two CIRA prisoners, Christopher Smyth and Edward Heeney, ended their hunger strike after twenty days. The men agreed to end their protest after reaching an agreement with prison authorities.[29]

16 October : Four people were arrested and a 350 lb bomb was discovered in a stone shed near Sixmilecross. The shed was being used as a workshop and also contained drilling and light engineering equipment.[18][30]

30 October : RUC officials stated that they believed the CIRA was behind the assassination of Charles Folliard (30) in Tyrone. The ex-Ulster Defence Association member was gunned down in front of his 16 year old girlfriend on the dorrstep of her Strabane home.[31]

30 October : Two gunmen hijacked a bus in Belfast, and ordered the driver to drive to Woodbourne RUC station. The men fled leaving a holdall estimated to contain 5 kg of explosives. An army bomb disposal team attempted to defuse the device using controlled explosions, but the device exploded during the operation. Damage was restricted to the bus and the gates of the station, and there were no injuries.[32][33]

16 December : A bomb damaged a Customs and Excise office on the Killyhevlin Industrial Estate in County Fermanagh. The office was unmanned at the time, and there were no injuries.[34]

 

2002

 

 

14 January : Over 1,000 pupils were sent home from Boys Model School in Belfast following a bomb warning, which was later declared to be a hoax.[35]

21 January: The CIRA were linked to gun attack in a bar in Ardglass, County Down.[36][37]

12 March : The CIRA were suspected off holding a family hostage in Downpatrick, County Down.[38]

17 April : A bomb damaged gates and fencing at a police training college in Belfast.[39]

24 July : A bomb exploded on the outskirts of the Fermanagh estate of Unionist peer Alan Brooke. A small crater approximately three feet wide and two feet deep was found after a three day search of the 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) estate.[40]

25 October : A van containing a bomb was left near Windsor House in Belfast, and a telephone warning was issued. Witnesses reported a muffled explosion came from the van shortly before the arrival of army bomb disposal experts, who then carried out a controlled explosion.[41]

 

2003

 

8 January : A large fire bomb was discovered at a waterworks on Castleblayney Road in Keady, County Armagh. Army bomb disposal experts defused the device following a telephone warning.[42]

13 January : A fire bomb was left outside a supermarket in Dungannon. The device was made safe by army bomb disposal experts.[43]

2 February : An explosion left a large hole in a perimeter fence of a Territorial Army base in south Belfast. Army bomb disposal experts subsequently carried out two controlled explosions on a holdall attached to the fence.[44]

7 February : A car was hijacked on Old Golf Course Road in Belfast, and later abandoned on Blacks Road. The M1 motorway was closed while army bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion.[45][46]

10 February : Police evacuated the centre of Enniskillen following a telephone warning. A small explosion caused minor damage to the Town Hall and six police officers were injured.[47][48]

14 February : A blast bomb was thrown over the perimeter fence of Woodbourne police station in west Belfast. The device failed to explode, and was defused by army bomb disposal experts.[49]

18 February : Two nail bombs were thrown over the perimeter fence of Antrim Road police station in north Belfast. One device exploded causing minor damage, and the other was defused by army bomb disposal experts.[50]

19 February : A pipe bomb was discovered on the roof of Woodbourne police station in west Belfast. It was unclear when the device was thrown.[51]

17 April : A bomb was discovered outside the office of Democratic Unionist MP Nigel Dodds in Belfast following a telephone warning. The device was defused by army bomb disposal experts.[52]

7 May : A coffee jar bomb was thrown at a police patrol car in Armagh, but failed to explode. The officers in the car were not injured, and army bomb disposal experts defused the device.[53]

3 August : Ten men aged from between their late teens to their early forties were arrested after the Garda raided a "terror camp" on the borders of County Waterford and County Tipperary. Items seized included weapons, ammunition and other terrorist paraphernalia, according to a police spokesman.[54] Nine of the men were later jailed for firearms offences, receiving sentences of up to six years imprisonment.[55]

10 August : Three men were arrested in Morecambe during police raids across northern England, and several firearms were recovered.[56]

15 August : Searches were carried out across Belfast after a series of warnings. Army bomb disposal experts dealt with a suspicious object at Kennedy Way, and a suspect vehicle on Ballyhill Road.[57]

22 August : A car bomb exploded outside an Ulsterbus depot in Newry. Nobody was injured in the explosion, and damage was reported to be slight.[58]

17 September : A school in Ballysillan Road, Belfast was evacuated following a telephone warning. No bomb was found, and the warning was declared a hoax.[59]

14 October : A fire bomb was left near a Police Service of Northern Ireland station on York Road, Belfast. 100 families were evacuated from their homes while bomb disposal experts dealt with the device.[60]

24 November : A bomb exploded outside an army base in Dungannon, County Tyrone, injuring two police officers who were attempting to clear the area.[61]

 

2004

 

13 February : A man was arrested after explosives and detonators were found in a van in the Dooradoyle area of Limerick. A further search uncovered more bomb making equipment in a house on Glencairn Drive.[62]

14 June : A bomb exploded at a golf club in Lurgan, County Armagh. The device, which was estimated to contain 70 lb of explosives, caused minor damage.[63][64]

15 September : A suspect car was found in the New Lodge area of Belfast following a telephone warning. Army bomb disposal experts carried out a number of controlled explosions.[65]

 

2005

 

1 January : Two armed men forced a taxi driver to drive a fire bomb to Grosvenor Road PSNI Station in Belfast. Army bomb disposal experts made the device safe.[66]

20 January : Houses were evacuated when a pipe bomb was discovered under a van in the Coolock area on Dublin, and two men were arrested neearby.[67]

24 February : Two men were arrested at the Dargan industrial estate in North Belfast. A subsequent search of eight houses uncovered a cache of weapons, including five real and replica handguns, a shotgun, an AK47 rifle and component parts for an explosive device.[68]

5 July : A telephone caller claimed a bomb had been thrown at a police vehicle in Keady the day before. The area was sealed off as army bomb disposal experts examined a suspicious device on Kinelowen Street, but later declared it was an elaborate hoax.[69]

9 July : A pipe bomb was found inside the fencing of Coalisland PSNI Station, County Tyrone following a telephone warning. The area was evacuated and army bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion.[70]

12 July : Police officers were attacked with blast and petrol bombs during rioting in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, following an Orange Order parade. Eighty police officers were injured, one seriously, and several people were arrested.[71]

6 November : A horseracing meeting attended by ten thousand people at Down Royal racecourse was abandoned after a suspect device was found after a telephone warning.[72]

8 December : A suspected Continuity IRA member was arrested while driving a bomb through Dublin. Gardaí believe the device was intended for use against drugs gangs in the city.[73] The man, Martin O'Rourke, was subsequently sentenced to seven years imprisonment for possession of an explosive device.[74]

26 December : Another horseracing meeting at Down Royal racecourse was disrupted due to a telephone warning. Spectators were evacuated after a telephone warning, but no bomb was found.[75]

 

2006

 

5 April : Six men and a 16 year old youth were arrested at a house in Springfield Crescent in Belfast. They were later charged with possession of bomb making materials.[76]

19 April : Components for a 250 lb car bomb were discovered in a vehicle breaker's yard in Lurgan, County Armagh. Three men were arrested at the scene, and a fourth was arrested later.[77]

9 November : Shots were fired at a PSNI station in Keady, County Armagh. The CIRA were believed to be responsible, according to the Independent Monitoring Commission.[78][79]

7 December : A pipe bomb was left next to a PSNI station in Lurgan, County Armagh, but failed to explode.[80][81]

2007

 

12 March : Two former Belfast members are killed by the CIRA in response to the establishment of a rival group.[82]

7 October: The IMC believed the CIRA were responsible for the recovery of 400 lbs of homemade explosives in Craigavon, County Armagh.[83][84]

11 November : The IMC blamed the CIRA for a coffee jar bomb during a British army remembrance service in Newry. The explosives were detonated inside the barrel of a ceremonial cannon during the traditional 11am silence.[85][86]

 

2008

 

2 January : A CIRA unit fires a volley of shots over the grave of ex-RSF President Dan Keating at Kiltallagh Cemetery. The event was carried out in order to coincide with what would have been his 106th birthday.[87]

13 February : The IMC claimed that the CIRA were responsible for orchestrating rioting and public disorder in Newry and Craigavon during which PSNI officers came under attack from youths armed with bricks, bottles, stones and paintbombs.[86][88]

14 June : A landmine attack on a Police Service of Northern Ireland patrol-car in Rosslea, County Fermanagh injures two officers.[89][90][91]

19 July : The CIRA threatened to shoot civil servants from Northern Ireland's Driver & Vehicle Agency for co-operating with the PSNI.[92]

16 August: A rocket-propelled grenade attack on a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) patrol in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh leaves 3 officers requiring treatment for minor injuries and shock.[93][94]

25 August and 26 August : The Independent Monitoring Commission blamed the CIRA for orchestrating civil disturbances, hijackings and rioting in Craigavon. It also stated that it believed the CIRA tried to lure police officers into positions where they could be attacked. A number of shots were fired during the disturbances.[95]

5 November : The CIRA claimed responsibility for a blast-bomb attack against Lurgan PSNI station. There were no injuries.[96]

26 November : The CIRA issued threats against community workers who co-operate with police officers in north Belfast.[97]

2009

 

4 January: Five people were arrested in Dublin in connection with a replica weapons haul. The Gardaí believe they are members of the CIRA and were planning on carrying out a number of armed robberies in order to raise funds for the organisation.[98]

14 January: The CIRA destroyed a JCB digger belonging to a contractor working at Casement Park. It is believed it was destroyed after the contractor refused to pay protection money to the group.[99][100]

10 February: The CIRA is believed to have been responsible for leaving three pipe bombs on Shiels Street, off the Falls Road in Belfast. They were made safe by the British Army.[101]

9 March: The CIRA claimed responsibility for shooting dead a PSNI officer in Craigavon, County Armagh. The officer was shot by a sniper as he and a colleague investigated a complaint of broken windows in a nearby home. This was the first police fatality in Northern Ireland since 1998.[102][103][104]

15 June: The CIRA claimed responsibility for a failed bomb attack against the PSNI base in Armagh. A bomb which failed to detonate properly was thrown at the base at 9.30am.[105]

20 November: The CIRA claimed responsibility for shooting a man three-times in the leg in a punishment attack in Belfast.[106]

 

2010

 

13 April: The CIRA claimed responsibility for abandoning a car bomb outisde the PSNI base in Newtownhamilton, County Armagh. It was made safe by the British Army.[107]

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There. is that enough proof of marginal bad apples ruining the image of all?

[Saru Inc]

yep

[Pirate_Felix]

Pakistan took responsibility for bomb.

 

I thought the Pakistanian Taliban did...?

[Skeptical]

Pakistan took responsibility for bomb.

 

I thought the Pakistanian Taliban did...?

 

Taking "responsibility" means very little: after all, they'd be quite willing to take credit for it if they though it would whip the media into a frenzy of coverage over them and their cause. I'm also under the understanding that they retracted their statement after it failed.

[Saru Inc]

Yep I meant Taliban. However, nowadays the gov't and the Taliban are relatively the same thing. (Even if the gov't won't acknowledge it)

[Lenin64]

Is it bad that I knew about the suicide bombers in Moscow back in March, but not this? I'm not even sure how that happened.

[Skeptical]

Is it bad that I knew about the suicide bombers in Moscow back in March, but not this? I'm not even sure how that happened.

 

Familiarity breeds apathy.

[Kimberly]

Yep I meant Taliban. However, nowadays the gov't and the Taliban are relatively the same thing. (Even if the gov't won't acknowledge it)

 

Unless you have proof that the Pakistani government is sanctioning the actions of the group of extremists I would say that's a very ignorant assumption indeed.

 

The strange device in Pittsburgh was a pipe bomb that failed to go off. They had to divert the marathon route that went downtown because of it. My college had a group running to raise money for my Adviser's ovarian cancer treatments during this marathon, so it was a small shock when they switched things up like that.

 

It would be somewhat shocking if this fellow who was responsible for the car bomb had just flown from Pittsburgh to Times Square...Seems unlikely. Like a terrorist attempting to maximize the, pardon the pun, terror. Conspiracies are more threatening than a single person acting alone.

[Dizzle229]

Is it bad that I knew about the suicide bombers in Moscow back in March, but not this? I'm not even sure how that happened.

 

You mean those subway bombings? Those were just further evidence of the truth: [bleep]es be crazy.

[michel555555]

So no one has considered that the person who did this might have just been an angry american who lost his home to the banks and just wants pay back?

 

Why does everyone shout "terrorist!" everytime a pin drops these days.

[Nero]

Why does everyone shout "terrorist!" everytime a pin drops these days.

Because pins are weapons of mass destruction.