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NYC authorities respond to explosion near Port Authority Bus Terminal [W:2]

If it had it would have also killed others. Not slamming you, I understand & relate to your comment.

Maybe, but it all it takes for death to creep in is a nicked artery, unnoticed because of the burns and other wounding. An abdominal aortic artery can bleed out in less than 10 minutes if the nick is large enough. Strictly internal, no collateral damage.
 
Alahu Ohcrapbar- when you try to blow yourself up, and end up fully conscious with a hole blown through your stomach.
 
The real story here is a that an immigrant was able to build a bomb at work, strap it to himself, and walk right into Times Square with ease.

That is chilling.
 
The real story here is a that an immigrant was able to build a bomb at work, strap it to himself, and walk right into Times Square with ease.

That is chilling.

The terminal is the busiest bus station in the nation. The amount of foot traffic is mind boggling. The best place to hide is in plain sight.

I often take the LIRR into Penn Station, a similar amount of foot traffic at one of the busiest train stations in the nation. The NYPD is present, Port Authority police, State police, National Guard troops, all in uniform and plain clothes. I always carry, and when wearing a jacket, the bulge under my arm is obvious. I have never been stopped or questioned in Penn Station. I have been stopped and questioned on the streets of Manhattan by NYPD uniformed and plain clothed. I keep a copy of my permit on the outside of my holster, so I can display it without reaching toward my firearm, simply by lifting my jacket from the bottom in a non threatening move. I also keep my retirement ID on the holster with a photo of my shield. Granted, I'm old, walk with a cane, but there is nothing stopping old crippled men from committing crimes. Some of the old men and women I know are far more dangerous than younger people. :) Especially the women.

Point being, it could be anyone, not only an immigrant who could pose a threat to people in crowded venues.

Recently, the media here reported the arrest of a 54 year old white man, who had 38 assorted hand guns and rifles in his home, along with more than 30 black powder pipe bombs. He had no record with police authorities, never received any behavioral complaints, worked in an industrial hardware small business for 30 years, unmarried, no known friends or living relatives, living in his parents house, and they were deceased. Police came to his door, as part of a community policing effort, to introduce themselves, hand out a flier with emergency phone numbers and other city resources. He decided to invite them inside so he could show off his gun collection. Someone like him could be living on your block, maybe even next door, and you might be saying hello everytime you encounter him. Then one day, he thinks you snubbed him and ............ your garage is blown up. I know you loved that old baby blue Dodge Dart, but c'est le guerre.
 
The real story here is a that an immigrant was able to build a bomb at work, strap it to himself, and walk right into Times Square with ease.

That is chilling.

I could do that too. Have you ever been there? Or worn a coat? And I'm not an immigrant.
 
They should make him very uncomfortable just to make sure.

Your second hint in this thread that we should use torture. We don't do that because we are not them. Once we do, we become them.
 
Thank God this loonball couldn't build a bomb correctly and didn't kill anybody.

A NYC PA bus terminal at that hour? Holy moly, Batman...this could've been 1000x worse.
 
Are the authorities searching for a motive?
 
He supposedly came into country seven years ago (during the Obama first term). How many friends and family came with him. Send them all home.
 
Perhaps. However he appears to be another lone wolf. And irrationally ignorant at that. From his hospital bed he said he was seeking revenge for the bombing of his country. He is from Bangladesh. No one is bombing Bangladesh. The only war Bangladesh participated in was with Pakistan, the war of separation between the two. Two muslim states separated by geography from being one state. Not at all a religions war when it occurred, Jihadi or otherwise.

Part and parcel of living in a big diverse city.
 
"While the suspect has not been identified by name, former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton told MSNBC's Morning Joe that he's a man in his 20s, possibly from Bangladesh.
He added that the suspect 'supposedly was setting the device off in the name of ISIS' and that it was 'definitely a terrorist attack, definitely intended


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I'm shocked how quick they identified the guy as a Muslim (well at least middle eastern, terrorist, etc). I hope this mother****er lives a very long and painful life after blowing his savage ass up. Looking at traffic and mass transit, I am so glad i do most of my work from home these days.

In many of these cases, like with the church shooting in texas and the vegas shooting, how quickly feds were there in those and how quickly they identified the man in this case, I believe in many of these cases the feds were already tracking down the perps in the case. Whether they will admit it or not is another story.

On a backup theory the fbi homeland security police etc have hired scotty to beam them up to explain why they were there so fast.
 
Oh look, a R̶o̶h̶i̶n̶g̶y̶a̶ Bangladeshi practitioner of the Religion of Peace(™) has attempted a suicide bombing against the NY subway. He apparently selected the venue as a target because of a Christmas-themed poster he saw there.
 
You're probably right. I'm just throwing out possibilities.

Al qaeda in Iraq used secondaries on mass targets a lot. The Tsarnevs did the same thing in Boston.

It's scary to think secondary explosions will become SOP for these attacks, killing FR's, or most likely, causing FR's to occupy the kill zone while people who are only wounded are dying.

Given the mindset of the fighters in the middle east, it likely was a delayed secondary charge, in fact he may have made the first charge small killing himself and injuring some people to have the second charge hit first responders with a bigger bang.

It is not uncommon for terrorists to use such tactics, the tactic itself mirrors old sniper tactics, where they would injure instead of kill so they could pick off anyone trying to help the injured.
 
Given the mindset of the fighters in the middle east, it likely was a delayed secondary charge, in fact he may have made the first charge small killing himself and injuring some people to have the second charge hit first responders with a bigger bang.

It is not uncommon for terrorists to use such tactics, the tactic itself mirrors old sniper tactics, where they would injure instead of kill so they could pick off anyone trying to help the injured.

It would indicate significant training and support, if that's the case...IMO.
 
Your second hint in this thread that we should use torture. We don't do that because we are not them. Once we do, we become them.

Don't be silly. We do use torture.

Both his hands are manacled to the bed he's in. A nurse has surreptitiously been slipping liquid heat, itching powder into his underwear and he can't reach down to scratch. A slower burn. :)

Now you know why the inmates at gitmo go commando.
 
Are the authorities searching for a motive?

He's changed his story three times. First because we were bombing his country, Bangladesh. Followed by American bombing in Syria. Now it's because of violence in Gaza.

I think it is a micropenis problem.
 
Part and parcel of living in a big diverse city.

None of the many Central and South Americans are setting off bombs. Nor any Mexicans, Irish, Russians, or even unlawful Canadian immigrants.
 
He's changed his story three times. First because we were bombing his country, Bangladesh. Followed by American bombing in Syria. Now it's because of violence in Gaza.

I think it is a micropenis problem.

:lamo I concur.
 
He's changed his story three times. First because we were bombing his country, Bangladesh. Followed by American bombing in Syria. Now it's because of violence in Gaza.

I think it is a micropenis problem.

For Islamists, "bombing their country" means any conflict going on anywhere involving the Muslim world.

People like this have a chip on their shoulders, and any conflict anywhere involving Muslims can set them off.

Similarly, those Tsarnaev brothers who bombed the Boston marathon were from Chechnya - and the US doesn't even have anything to do with the Chechen conflict.
 
This thread is similar to CNN, once you find out it’s a muslim, you can’t talk about “why” they do these things...smh
 
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This thread is similar to CNN, once you find out it’s a muslim, you can’t talk about “why” they do these things...smh

Today he's saying he did it because he found the Christmas posters in the hallway where he set off the bomb, offensive.

See, we do speak about his "why."
 
Today he's saying he did it because he found the Christmas posters in the hallway where he set off the bomb, offensive.

See, we do speak about his "why."
Lol, thank you for some clarification. Still trying to figure this site out. Is it just another liberal site? It seems that in breaking news if it is a Roy Moore or Trump thread, you can call them names, speculate, or simply make stuff up as long as it is nasty, but as soon as another muslim kills some more Americans you have a mod come out and issue warning after warning and threatening users if you say one negative thing about islam???
 
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