VBIED In Times square

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NEW YORK — Police found a suspected car bomb in a smoking sport utility vehicle Saturday evening in Times Square, then cleared the streets of thousands of tourists milling through the landmark district so they could dismantle the device.

 

A white robotic police arm broke windows of the black Nissan Pathfinder to remove any explosive materials while heavily armed police and emergency vehicles shut down the city's busiest streets, teeming with taxis and theatergoers on one of the first summer-like days of the year.

 

Investigators removed bomb-making materials, including propane tanks, explosive powders and a crude timing device, top police spokesman Paul Browne said.

 

"There were explosive elements, including powder, gasoline, propane and some kind of electrical wires attached to a clock," Browne said early Sunday. "No motive has been identified."

 

An officer noticed smoke coming from the SUV around 6:30 p.m. and cleared the streets.

 

Police are investigating a report that someone was seen running from the vehicle at some point and are reviewing security videotapes, Browne said. The Nissan Pathfinder's license plates do not match the car's registration, he said.

 

Police evacuated several residential and commercial buildings and cleared the streets of people. Police were deployed around the area with heavy weapons on empty streets in the heart of busy midtown Manhattan.

 

Some tourists reported hearing a small explosion hours after the car was first located.

 

Shelly Carlisle, of Portland, Ore., said police crowded into her Broadway theater after the curtain closed on "Next to Normal," a show on the same block where the SUV was found.

 

"At the end of the show, the police came in. We were told we had to leave," Carlisle said. "They said there was a bomb scare."

 

The car was parked on 45th Street, and the block was closed between Seventh and Eighth avenues as a precaution, police said. Times Square lies about four traffic-choked miles north of the site where terrorists bombed the World Trade Center in 1993, then laid waste to it on Sept. 11, 2001.

 

FBI agents are on the scene with the New York Police Department, and the matter is being taken seriously, said Paul Bresson, head of the FBI's public affairs office at bureau headquarters in Washington.

 

The Homeland Security Department is aware of the situation, but the NYPD has it under control and is investigating, said a Homeland Security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is in progress.

 

The block that was closed is one of the prime blocks for Broadway shows, with seven theaters housing such big shows as "Billy Elliot" and "Lend Me a Tenor."

 

The curtain at "God of Carnage" and "Red" opened a half hour later than usual, but the shows were not canceled, said spokesman Adrian Bryan-Brown.

 

Katy Neubauer, 46, and Becca Saunders, 39, of Milwaukee, were shopping for souvenirs two blocks south of the SUV when they saw panicked crowds.

 

"It was a mass of people running away from the scene," Neubauer said.

 

Said Saunders: "There were too many people, too many cops. I've never seen anything like it."

 

Mayor Michael Bloomberg left early from the White House correspondent's dinner Saturday night. A news conference was planned in New York for early Sunday.

 

President Barack Obama, who attended the annual dinner, praised the quick response by the New York Police Department, the White House said. He has also directed his homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to advise New York officials that the federal government is prepared to provide support.

 

Brennan and others will keep Obama up to date on the investigation, the White House said.

 

In December, a van without license plates parked in Times Square led police to block off part of the area for about two hours. A police robot examined the vehicle, and clothes, racks and scarves were found inside.

 

In March 2008, a hooded bicyclist hurled an explosive device at a military recruiting center in the heart of Times Square, producing a flash, smoke and full-scale emergency response. No suspect was ever identified.

 

In December, police evacuated thousands of holiday tourists from Times Square after finding a white van that had been parked there for days without license plates and blacked-out windows. No bombs were found, and police later said they overlooked the van because it contained a parking placard for a nonprofit police group.

 

Police have spent years trying to crack down on street hustlers and peddlers preying on tourists. But there have been two major instances of gunfire in recent mnonths. A street hustler armed with a machine pistol exchanged shots in December, shattering a Broadway theater ticket window, before police fatally shot the man.

 

Four separate shooting incidents and more than 50 arrests on a mile-long stretch of Manhattan last month around Times Square prompted the mayor to call the mayhem "wilding.

At least nobody was hurt...

At least nobody was hurt...

Yikes. Good thing they caught it in time.

thank god they found it out that would have been a disaster

They got damn lucky, that would have been nasty!

Man, that's a VERY busy area..... Glad no one got hurt

Wow, glad all turned out to be ok and that the bomb didn't work...spooky stuff.

IED found on Marathon route in Pittsburgh.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=10533693

uh oh, at least they are catching them but seems to be a rise

I would not be too quick to blame this on international terrorist. Sadly, I would not be surprised if the NYC device was of a domestic source. Our rhetoric (political and otherwise) is way too heated and our domestic fringe is just not being given the attention consummate with the risk they pose.

 

This is all just a sobering reminder of the world we live in.

Now we're going to start seeing a lot of copy cat shit. Mostly ( I hope) fakes.

I would not be too quick to blame this on international terrorist. Sadly, I would not be surprised if the NYC device was of a domestic source. Our rhetoric (political and otherwise) is way too heated and our domestic fringe is just not being given the attention consummate with the risk they pose.

 

This is all just a sobering reminder of the world we live in.

 

 

Times square is an odd target for domestic terrorists.... They tend to drift towards targets with a more "governmental" nexus to them...

 

Its always possible its a domestic of the "sin is bad" ilk.... But Times Square really doesnt fit that mold any more, and the message would be lost.... 30 years ago yeah.... But not any more.

 

But to the "We dead americans" group, there's no better target.

 

Its hard to make propane tanks go boom.... It'll be interesting to see if the pressure release valves were properly deactivated.... Otherwise, It doesnt sound too sophisticated.

wow... glad they caught this one. i had a few friends literally touring and taking photos in time square just the last 2 days while visiting.

Just read the most recent article in the New York Post and in one article they had three different suspects/motives:

1. Someone filmed a white male in his 40's taking off a shirt in an alley and stuffing it into his bag.

2. A state representative (I think its a state rep, versus U.S. rep) says it may be related to the whole south park episode featuring the Prophet Mohamed since the car was found close to a Viacom building (Viacom owns Comedy Central)

3. A Pakistani Taliban group was claiming responsibility via the internet.

 

I'm not sure it was a professional, based on how the bomb was set up. Apparently there were propane tanks, two 5 gallon canisters of gasoline, a bundle of fireworks, and some bags of fertilizer, and some crap stuck on some clocks. Apparently the fireworks were supposed to set off all of the other crap. I'm no bomb expert, but one thing "professional" terrorists know how to do is make a bomb...not always perfect, but I'm guessing they dont use fireworks as a fuse? In any event thank goodness it didn't work.

 

Here's a link to the article...NY Post

I'm going with domestic as well.

Pittsburgh of all places!?!? I fcuking hate the marathon. They block off both of my driveways and the people are so rude (almost as bad as the anti-abortionist poster holders!). A couple years ago I pushed about 6 into the street with Optimus.

I was around there last night. It was a big thing. while they did close off many blocks, people were stilcking around due to curiosity. Luckily it was an amatuer attempt.

Just read the most recent article in the New York Post and in one article they had three different suspects/motives:

1. Someone filmed a white male in his 40's taking off a shirt in an alley and stuffing it into his bag.

2. A state representative (I think its a state rep, versus U.S. rep) says it may be related to the whole south park episode featuring the Prophet Mohamed since the car was found close to a Viacom building (Viacom owns Comedy Central)

3. A Pakistani Taliban group was claiming responsibility via the internet.

 

I'm not sure it was a professional, based on how the bomb was set up. Apparently there were propane tanks, two 5 gallon canisters of gasoline, a bundle of fireworks, and some bags of fertilizer, and some crap stuck on some clocks. Apparently the fireworks were supposed to set off all of the other crap. I'm no bomb expert, but one thing "professional" terrorists know how to do is make a bomb...not always perfect, but I'm guessing they dont use fireworks as a fuse? In any event thank goodness it didn't work.

 

Here's a link to the article...NY Post

 

If ted kaczynski was the "Rain Man" of bombmaking.... This guy was the "Simple Jack".... He went full retard.

If ted kaczynski was the "Rain Man" of bombmaking.... This guy was the "Simple Jack".... He went full retard.

 

Haha! I just watched that today...I'm a Lead Farmer Muthafucka!

Looks like its the AQ 2nd string.

 

FWIW, Bombs that go "Fizz" is what you get when you spend 10 years preventing them from properly training.

 

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Apparently an arrest has been made...

 

CNN

 

NBC

Apparently an arrest has been made...

 

CNN

 

NBC

 

fcuk him.

If you think racial profiling was bad before........

fcuk him.

 

by shoving a stick of dynamite up his ass and lighting it.