NYPD: Video Has Possible SUV Bomb Suspect in Alley

Source: Associated Press

NYPD: Video Has Possible SUV Bomb Suspect in Alley
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 2, 2010


Filed at 7:43 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- Police investigating a terror attack that could have set off a deadly fireball in Times Square focused Sunday on finding a man who was videotaped shedding his shirt near the SUV where the bomb was found. They also were trying to determine whether more than 100 pounds of a fertilizer-like substance in the vehicle could have made the crude device even more devastating.

The video shows an unidentified white man in his 40s slipping down an alley, taking off one shirt and revealing another underneath. In the same clip, he's seen looking back in the direction of the smoking vehicle and furtively putting the first shirt in a bag, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

The homemade bomb was made largely with ordinary items including three barbecue grill-sized propane tanks, two 5-gallon gasoline containers, store-bought fireworks and cheap alarm clocks attached to wires. If successfully detonated, police said at a minimum it would have sprayed shrapnel and metal parts over one of America's busiest streets, full of Broadway theaters and restaurants, on a Saturday night.

''The intent of whoever did this to cause mayhem, create casualties,'' Kelly said.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/05/02/us/AP-US-Times-Square-Car-Bomb.html?_r=2

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Updated 8:03 pm (hat tip to brooklynite):
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/05/02/us/AP-US-Times-Square-Car-Bomb.html?_r=1

It tends to confirm the amatuer nature of the would-be killer.

"They also were trying to determine whether more than 100 pounds of a fertilizer-like substance in the vehicle could have made the crude device even more devastating."

Hmmm...white guy...fertilizer...sounds familiar...

LOTS of good things can happen in alleys off Times Square. It kind of depends on who you have for company. . . .

The general ambiance might mask the smell nicely. . . ..

Update of the NY Times story:



Hmm, who would the Oklahoma City bomb inspire...

At how inept and bumbling this McVeigh wannabe is turning out to be.

I found this quote describing the guy leaving the vehicle quite interesting. (I wonder if he left a trail of Lipton in the alley?)

from the Ok bombing.

Hey whos was it...the Republican stooge that referred to the "McVeigh" wanna be's? It was on of the talking heads.....yea, hows that working out for you?

bet he listens to Rush

This story is way overblown and has taken over the news when the real disaster is the oil rig explosion. Americans are such a bunch of scare-ty cats. Just say terrorism and americans shiver in their shoes. The fact is, it will always be with us as it is in most other countries in the world and there is very little to be done to prevent it. You didn't see other countries reacting like this to every failed bomb attempt. They got on with their lives and lived with it. This is a crime not a a war. It's not like the USA doesn't understand crime.....it has the highest prison population in the world. For the USA...every thing is a war. How about a war on corporate greed a and malfeasance? How about a war on the corporate negligence that caused the greatest disaster the country has ever seen? No. BP will get away with this crime of the century while the word terrorism with be bandied about to scare everyone. Nonsense.

We shouldn't profile afterall.

Still looks like it could be teabaggers just as likely as someone else.

Never forget that the main platform of the Tea Party movement is hatred of the American government.