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TIMES SQ. SUBWAY BLAST HURTS COP
The New York Post ^
| 07/20/2004
| The New York Post
Posted on 07/19/2004 11:58:28 PM PDT by GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
A small pipe bomb packed with gunpowder and BBs exploded in a subway station last night, injuring a transit cop and throwing several blocks near Times Square into chaos.
A police spokesman insisted that authorities do not believe that the incident was terrorism — but federal officials, including the Secret Service and the Joint Terrorism Task Force are investigating, it was learned.
The officer, whose name was withheld, was standing near a staircase leading to the A, C and E trains at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue at around 8 p.m., when he saw a burning knapsack, police said.
He quickly pushed two commuters to safety, but as he was calling for assistance, the bag exploded, cops said.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: backpack; bomb; bombing; convention; dryrun; homelandsecurity; isolatedincident; isolatedincidents; knapsack; newyork; pipebomb; pipebombs; security; subway; subwayplot; subwayplots; test; testrun; timessquare; trialrun
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Dry run perhaps? Not a good sign, whether it's terrorism related or not.
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
The Whackos from the left?
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:00:11 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(50 States .... I want all 50 States come November!)
To: Mo1
Either a dry run by outsided terrorists, or indeed one of our own leftist terrorists getting ready for the convention.
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:03:35 AM PDT
by
Khurkris
(Proud Scottish/HillBilly - We perfected "The Art of the Grudge")
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
I think a pipe bomb in a backpack qualifies as terrorism whether it's perpetrated by Al Qaeda or some twerpy 16-year-old white kid from Hempstead.
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:03:37 AM PDT
by
Dont Mention the War
(we use the ¡°ml maximize¡± command in Stata to obtain estimates of each aj , bj, and cm.)
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
This is just the beginning - the LEftist pigs are in training for the Convention. More of this will be happening in the weeks running up to it, I'm almost certain. It's what they do.
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:04:58 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(Stop thinking, and end your problems. — Lao Tzu)
To: Chad Fairbanks
It sounds like the Teresa Heinz Kerry sponsored terrorists are starting early.
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:06:34 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: RaceBannon; Shermy; Squantos; Travis McGee
Maybe a MEterror dry run, or maybe an ANSWER type cooking off prematurely due to all the news.
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:07:39 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: kcvl
Yup. A sudden infusion of cash, and their little useful idiots are out training, testing, planning...
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:07:47 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(Stop thinking, and end your problems. — Lao Tzu)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Great. I've got to spend next week in the Big Apple on a business trip, taking the subway every day from Newark to Times Square. Sigh.
To: Cindy; FairOpinion
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:08:33 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: Wordsmith
Well, if you smell B.O. and reefer just move away... It's either an ANSWER person, or one of their backpacks...
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:10:10 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(Stop thinking, and end your problems. — Lao Tzu)
To: piasa
Really.
I posted a link to a tory that said it was a bag of fireworks that exploded.
This is more detailed.
Thanks Piasa.
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:12:12 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
Don't worry. The Horse will reason with whoever did this. They are, deep down inside, our friends. </sarc>
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:12:21 AM PDT
by
Watery Tart
(Gee….what color is the Kool-Aid in your world?)
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
God bless this good cop - may he recover completely.
Heads up, NYC...
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
People need to go through metal detectors and have their belongings x-rayed at all major public transport areas.
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:15:36 AM PDT
by
yonif
("So perish all Thine enemies, O the Lord" - Judges 5:31)
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
Dry run perhaps?An explosion in a public place disqualifies this from being considered a "dry" run.
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:16:22 AM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
As a military brat who lived overseas during the 90's and dealt with bomb threats in 5th grade, i was surprised but not shocked by 9/11. Terrorist will hit America before the election. Its the American peoples job to do exactly what this brave cop did. STAY AWARE, STAY VIGILENT. This will send a flurry of BUSH IS NOT PROTECTING US garbage around the news tomorrow, but I am encouraged by the rapid response to the bombing. Between Surveillance tapes and the CIA, we'll catch whatever creature did this.
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:22:58 AM PDT
by
Dimez Apart
(California - Land of Reagan)
To: Cindy
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:27:17 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Watery Tart
Say, Andy, who said Barney could
take the bullet out of his pocket?
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posted on
07/20/2004 12:37:17 AM PDT
by
Watery Tart
(Gee….what color is the Kool-Aid in your world?)
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