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New York bombs ‘both pressure cookers filled with shrapnel’
France 24 ^ | September 19, 2016 | Kena Bentacur, AFP

Posted on 09/19/2016 12:36:41 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The bomb that injured 29 people in central New York on Saturday and another device found nearby were both shrapnel-filled pressure cookers, US media report, as law enforcement probe for potential terrorist links.

Twenty-nine people were injured when a bomb exploded in New York's upmarket Chelsea neighbourhood on Saturday night, damaging buildings, shattering glass and sending shrapnel flying across the street.

A second bomb was uncovered by police four blocks away and defused safely, before being sent to the FBI in Virginia for forensic examination.

Both bombs were filled with shrapnel and made with pressure cookers, flip phones, Christmas lights and explosive compound, The New York Times reported late Sunday, citing law enforcement officials....

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Local News
KEYWORDS: 2016; 201609; bomb; bombing; bombings; bombplot; chelsea; newjersey; newyork; ny; nyc; pressurecookers; rahami; shrapnel; terrorism; xmaslights
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To: milford421
“”A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism, but it's not linked to international terrorism,” Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday after touring the scene of the explosion in Chelsea.
“In other words, we find no ISIS connection, et cetera,””

This is such a ridiculous statement. ISIS has been trying to recruit all around the world with their propaganda, and their use of social media, websites, etc. Doesn't matter if those who did this were specifically trained by ISIS or not. They are fellow travelers, driven by a common hatred.

21 posted on 09/19/2016 4:33:26 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

ISIS, AlQ, doesn’t matter -it is a terror attack - a muslim terror attack. They have no regard for human life and they will kill as many of us as they can, whether we are black, brown, yellow,white - they want us dead- they share the same goal.


22 posted on 09/19/2016 4:48:42 AM PDT by milford421
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
“”A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism, but it's not linked to international terrorism,” Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday after touring the scene of the explosion in Chelsea. “In other words, we find no ISIS connection, et cetera,””

Andrew Cuomo is an asshole on so many levels, but particularly in the brazen in-your-face "I'm lying at you, ha ha ha!" nature of this statement.

23 posted on 09/19/2016 4:52:27 AM PDT by Lazamataz (MSM ignoring Hillary's health until forced, shows us they are the MPM: Ministry of Propaganda Media)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When will they start blaming Polish grandmothers because of their experience with pressure cookers for making stuffed cabbage rolls?


24 posted on 09/19/2016 5:47:43 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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