Posted on 12/30/2009 8:56:55 AM PST by truthkeeper
Fox News is breaking the following story:
A section of Times Square is being cordoned off and their bomb squad has been called in to investigate a suspicious 1992 Dodge Van, which has been parked on the street for at least 2 days. The windows are tinted and there is an interior tarp covering them as well. Other vehicles are being cleared from the vicinity.
The Fox reporterette is pointing out that the police are being abundantly cautious due to tomorrow being New Year's Eve, with thousands of people gathering in Times Square.
LAS VEGAS — Police are on the scene of a bank robbery at Nevada State Bank located at Las Vegas Blvd. and Bridger Ave., not the Bank of America building as reported earlier. Police are also investigating the discovery of a suspicious package. The building has been evacuated and the southbound lane of Bridger Ave. is closed to traffic.
Instead of the usual Happy New Year on the jumbotron when the ball drops, there will be an islamic sponsored message extolling the virtues of islam. That is true and no one could make this up. I will find the article. It’s somewhere on FR about a week ago, right before Christmas.
TY! A bank robbery, gonna be a busy next 48
I was getting a little worried about YOU, as I pinged you to this incident, and have just now discovered that there were TWO live ongoing threads about this.
Anyway, I couldn't imagine you not showing up, so I'm glad you are OKAY. LOL
This is absolutely unbelivable.
Thanks.
HP
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/12/23/95052.html
DUBAI (Mona Moussly)
An American Muslim advocacy group launched a massive advertisement in New York City’s famous Times Square on Tuesday in a bid to present to millions of Americans a “fair” and “accurate” portrayal of Islam.
The public service announcement, “I am Muslim, I am American,” was launched by the New York branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and aims to show people that Muslims are a valuable part of American society.
The advertisement starts with the statement “Building Community, Serving Country” and features American Muslims from all walks of life, including a police sergeant, a Little League all-star, a human rights activist, a doctoral candidate and an attorney.
A still of the ad featuring a Muslim Little League baseballer”This public service advertisement features ordinary American Muslims whose everyday lives are dedicated to building community and serving country,” Faiza Ali, CAIR New York’s Community Affairs Director, said.
Ali added that “this initiative is part of our ongoing effort to ensure that a fair and accurate portrayal of Islam and Muslims is presented to the American public.”
!!!!!!!The campaign will run from Dec. 22 to Jan. 16, and will even be shown on New Year’s Eve, when at least one million people are expected to crowd Times Square for celebrations and the infamous countdown, when the ball drops at midnight.!!!!!!!
“We have more than 400 million people going through Times Square and we thought this would be a good opportunity to send out a positive message about Muslims,” Ibrahim Cooper, CAIR’s national communications director, told Al Arabiya.
And the message is simple “that American Muslims are a vital part of our society and people have an opportunity to learn more about them,” Hooper said.
It is CAIR who is sponsoring this!
Thanks Vel! People here at the office are feeling very unsafe right now. Bashing dear leader left and right. Or should I say from the left AND the right.
Very eerie
Thanks!
We are out and about. There is just so much going on right now. Seems like there are crazy things happening all over the place.
With all the focus on air travel, who’s to say the real goal isn’t hundreds of car bombs at NYE celebrations?
lol also pinged you to TM
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