*BREAKING* Car bomb in Times Square

[bobdole369]

He's definitely an amateur.

Hmmm. I'm putting on my tinfoil hat:

Pakistan is one of the countries where lots of brown people live, that also shares a border with Afghanistan. In fact they have a border dispute in the "Kashmir" region - possibly where we lost track of Bin Laden (should he actually exist). Mayhaps this is an effort to turn public opinion away from the oil slick in the Gulf and to redirect anger towards this new group of brown people?

 

[OutHouse]

My friend was the air traffic controller who issued the clearance for the plane to return to the gate.

Audio link here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGKP_mnOONI&feature=player_embedded

she sounds hot

pics?

 

[Thump553]

The bomber lived for quite a while in Bridgeport, CT and the papers here have published quite a bit of his background. Frankly, he sounded like a pretty normal guy (as nearly all his neighbors said). Started college in the Wash, DC area, transferred to U of Bridgeport, got his bachelors and masters there. Married, had two young daughters, got a job as an entry level peon in a financial firm, bought a small suburban house. Became a naturalized citizen in April, 2009, quit job June, 2009. Stopped paying mortgage, house went into foreclosure. Moved wife and kids to Pakistan (apparently to live with his family-his father is a big shot in the Air Force there. He came back alone in Feb, bought SUV off craigslist for his bomb.

I'm still surprised (and grateful) how incompetent his bombmaking was since it appears he had some training in Pakistan.

Here's the link to the article about him:
http://www.courant.com/news/connect...bomb-faisal-shahzad-conn-0505,0,4402510.story

 

[palehorse]

Hmmm. I'm putting on my tinfoil hat:

Pakistan is one of the countries where lots of brown people live, that also shares a border with Afghanistan. In fact they have a border dispute in the "Kashmir" region - possibly where we lost track of Bin Laden (should he actually exist). Mayhaps this is an effort to turn public opinion away from the oil slick in the Gulf and to redirect anger towards this new group of brown people?

As opposed to the last decade's worth of attention?!

 

[Jaskalas]

The bomber lived for quite a while in Bridgeport, CT and the papers here have published quite a bit of his background. Frankly, he sounded like a pretty normal guy (as nearly all his neighbors said). Started college in the Wash, DC area, transferred to U of Bridgeport, got his bachelors and masters there. Married, had two young daughters, got a job as an entry level peon in a financial firm, bought a small suburban house. Became a naturalized citizen in April, 2009, quit job June, 2009. Stopped paying mortgage, house went into foreclosure. Moved wife and kids to Pakistan (apparently to live with his family-his father is a big shot in the Air Force there. He came back alone in Feb, bought SUV off craigslist for his bomb.

I'd like to know if he was "normal", then what is it that turned him?

Is his family safe in Pakistan, or used as leverage to force him to do this? How active was he in the Muslim community, particularly any mosques he visited in the United States?

I want his connections found.

 

[TangoJuliet]

she sounds hot

pics?

she's engaged to one of my buddies

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Hmmm. I'm putting on my tinfoil hat:

Pakistan is one of the countries where lots of brown people live, that also shares a border with Afghanistan. In fact they have a border dispute in the "Kashmir" region - possibly where we lost track of Bin Laden (should he actually exist). Mayhaps this is an effort to turn public opinion away from the oil slick in the Gulf and to redirect anger towards this new group of brown people?

Because Obama doesn't like brown people?

 

[werepossum]

she's engaged to one of my buddies

All, the Internet, where all women are judged on their looks! I will admit she is NOT what I envision when I think of air traffic controllers (which is almost never.)

Okay, I give up pretending to not be a pig. She's pretty cute even making a face.

Because Obama doesn't like brown people?

LOL! Touche, tin foil hat! Thou art bested.

 

[xj0hnx]

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The problem I have with that is that Judaism or Christianity is hardly religions of peace either.
Look at the long term track records and all three would gag a maggot.

Oh for sure, the last hundred years of inquisitions and crusades have really taken their toll on the population. Just last week I was reading about some Christians that were suicide bombing marketplaces, and stoning women to death, oh, um. nvm.

Obviously Christians have in the past done their fair share of damage, but guess what, this isn't 1150, it's 2010. Even as an agnostic comparing modern Christianity to "modern" Islam" is so intellectually dishonest it's sad.

 

[TangoJuliet]

All, the Internet, where all women are judged on their looks! I will admit she is NOT what I envision when I think of air traffic controllers (which is almost never.)

Okay, I give up pretending to not be a pig. She's pretty cute even making a face.

Honestly, most of the ATC women that I work with are pretty attractive.

 

[waggy]

lol this thread was funny. its funny to see people jump to conclusions then when proven wrong never come back.

anyway NY is lucky this guy was a idiot. sounds like it could have killed many.