Sounds like we have some homegrown (and thankfully inept) terrorists on the loose:
New York police said a small explosion outside a military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday caused minor damage but no injuries.
New York bomb squad officers inspect the street in front of the neon-festooned military office.
The FBI said the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force “is on scene working with” New York police.
“They will gather evidence, conduct interviews and begin the investigation. Anyone with information is requested to call the FBI or NYPD,” an FBI spokesperson said.
The Associated Press reported that the blast was caused by an explosive device.
We’ll have to see how this shakes out but I’m betting on house-burning “Progressive” types.
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Here we go again, people wake up! When the Repudlicans was so unpopular, we had 911. When the Republicans and the Clintons wants us to be so AFRAID and FEARFUL, we have a small bomb that did not hurt anyone in Times Square.
Map it out and follow it because it smells like a fear tactic to get you to vote for McCain in November or Clinton in the primaries. People will do anything to throw elections and primaries into their pockets.
I am not afraid, scared, or living in fear. When you wake up and really see what is happening in our country and look at the timing of events, you will see the politics behind it.
All of a sudden Columbia calls Bush and really wants NAFTA to continue. All of a sudden the surge seems to be working, but it was purposed over a year ago and now that we have elections coming up, it was finally employed. Give me a break, wake up America. It is time we really put on our thinking caps.
Timing is everything, and the Clintons and the Republicans knows how to take advantage of it. Someone attacks our country from Afganistan and we wage a war in Iraq, then create the instability, and now we continue to manipulate the war results during a time they need to make McCain look good or Hillary as having a valid candidacy.
I hope America is wathing and thinking.
Theses are just my observations for the past foty plus years.
Let’s call this what it is;
This is a Terrorist Act that succeeded in breaking a pane of glass.
Now watch the media to see how far thay can stretch this out of proportion. And, how many of us tune in for the latest update on the broken pane of glass.
This is being ridiculously blown out of proportion. This is almost as embarrassing as Boston’s ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ incident. Good Job NYC.
So much for Bush national security plan looks like while they fighting in IRaq the enemy is right here.
SO much for NAFTA plan the more you let in the danger you bring harm to our people in the USA so where is the patriotism in that maybe BuSH/Cain/Clinton”S and all he enacted Nafta is muslim
Angelene,
I’m glad you exposed the Clinton-Bush terror axis. What in-depth research did you do to uncover this? Please enlighten us.
Finally someone with the balls to stand up to this police-state government!
How come when the government bombs a city and kills children and innocent people its ok, or acceptable losses at least?
Now why is that if a person takes a stand against a brutal, greedy, profit driven system that it is considered terrorism?
Where is the difference?
This was not an act of terrorism. If it had been intended to hurt someone it would have been done in the middle of the day. In fact its not even violence, sorry to inform you but windows and property otherwise do not feel pain. It was however an act of active resistance to this disgusting capitalist system.
It’s about time someone stepped up resistance to this horrible profit driven war.
p.s. This was act not directed against the troops and in fact the saboteur probably supports the troops more than anyone who supports them fighting over seas.
Violence, no matter what the reason, should not be considered an acceptable course of action. Violence begets violence. And, I am very sorry to inform you, but regardless of whether or not windows and property feel pain, blowing them up is still an act of violence. To say otherwise is sheer ignorance. It is also an act to instill fear, and unfortunately, it is not instilling fear in the government agency it may or may not have been intended for, it is instilling fear in the innocent people living in the vicinity. That is not taking a stand. That is cowardice. And regardless if it was some organization in the middle east, or one of our own trying to make a “statement”, it is terrorism. You say it was not intended to hurt someone, but what if it did? Would you say, Oh, they didn’t mean to hurt anyone, they were just trying to make a statement. That makes it okay. I believe in standing up for what you believe is right, but this simply isn’t the way to do it.
P.S. I agree with Mike, I don’t think it was some type of Clinton-Bush terror axis aimed at gaining votes. Perhaps that idea would be better suited for Hollywood…
And the point was…? I mean, c’mon.. Who’s going to pay to repair all of that and to pay for the folks to clean it all up? Oh.. gosh.. me.. the tax payer. Thanks, Mr. I-Need-To-Make-A-Statement-Because-No-One-Is-Listening-To-Me-Waaah.
And, regardless of how anyone wants to sugar coat it, it WAS an act of terrorism. Terrorism is defined as: “The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence against people or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives.”
This is just another small act of violence that was meant to scare people.
No one was scared.
Bye.
George Vreeland Hill
A pathetic black op no doubt. CNN and Faux news will spin this into terrorism no doubt.
Here comes patriot act III…
OH, I’m sure this was Al-CIA-da….
“The Base” baby!