Posted on 09/19/2016 6:03:21 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
The day Ahmad Khan Rahami allegedly planted two bombs in Chelsea — one of which detonated on West 23rd Street — two thieves accidentally helped to disable his second pressure cooker bomb left inside a rolling suitcase on West 27th Street, sources said.
The young men, who sources described as being well-dressed, opened the bag and took the bomb out, sources said, before placing the explosive into a garbage bag and walking away with the rolling suitcase.
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Then, on Sunday night, two homeless men snatched a backpack resting atop a trash can near a train station in Elizabeth, N.J., officials said.
“They probably thought there was something of value in that backpack,” said the mayor of Elizabeth, Christian Bollwage.
They started rooting through the bag and found five explosives that officials say are tied to Rahami, prompting them to immediately drop the bag in the middle of the street and alert police, officials said.
"When they opened it up and found the wire and the pipe they immediately walked around the other corner to Elizabeth police headquarters and turned it in,"
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I’ll take our thieves over the Muzzzie invasion.
Just because you’re homeless doesn’t mean you dont care if 50 people get blown up!
Or maybe it was where they slept and who could sleep knowing five bombs were near you?
The family’ll Polly sue the homeless men for robbery (and in NYC, probably WIN!)
Trump ought to give those two guys jobs and take them off the stree...
“they immediately walked around the other corner to Elizabeth police headquarters and turned it in”
Took the bombs to the police station? I’ll bet they were real popular with those on duty.
Ben Stone probably would help and Schiff would complain but go along to make the deal.
Hardly thieves if it was in a dumpster. Dumpster diving isn’t stealing.
“You saw a WHAT in that bag?”
Let me change your question just a bit.
Or maybe it was where they worshipped and who could worship knowing five bombs were near you?
Just an exercise, not sayin' anything, ya know...
From the story....
Since the bomb remained intact, it allowed investigators to examine the cellphone attached to the bomb intact and discover that it was connected to the family of Rahami.
From there, they were able to identify pictures on social media of Rahami’s family and of him, and they matched one of his photos to surveillance footage captured in Manhattan.
Unbelievable that Rahami didn’t even bother to try to cover his tracks in the event that the bomb didn’t go off....
Yep. They proved what they were when they went to the police rather than walk away and see anyone hurt.
No self respecting thief would have failed to remove the bomb, which would absolutely ruin a perfectly good rolling suitcase....
When you’re hot for celestial virgins, who bothers with that kind of thing?
Been there, done that, got some nice steel bed frames as the result!
TECHNICALLY it would be stealing (the trash either belongs to whoever put it there, or else to the trash collector) but often nobody cares.
Obama and that commie mayor have created a situation where heightened criminal activity and rampant, long-term joblessness actually may have prevented a terrorist action.
Honestly, that’s amazing.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Hillary runs on this strategy.
It’s amazing these guys didn’t blow themselves up.
“More thieves will guard our country better!”
Joking aside, thank the Lord for sending... yes, those thieves. Who are probably the people most likely to notice an item out of place. God works in mysterious ways.
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