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Times Square Block Shut Down [Bomb Squad Summoned]
Wall St. Journal ^ | May 01st 2010

Posted on 05/01/2010 7:00:18 PM PDT by Steelfish

Times Square Block Shut Down

By SEAN GARDINER and R.M. SCHNEIDERMAN

NYPD closed off streets from 42nd to 47th along Broadway in New York City. Police shut down a block in the heart of Times Square Saturday night after receiving a call about a suspicious car fire, delaying some Broadway shows by more than an hour.

The call came in just after 6:30 and as of 9 p.m., 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues had not been opened. When police initially responded, they saw smoke coming out of the car but no fire.

Dustin Drankoski for the Wall Street Journal NYPD closed off streets from 42nd to 47th along Broadway in New York City. Police said a bomb squad investigation was on the scene and that the car on fire was a sport utility vehicle had license plates that didn't match the make of the car, raising suspicions.

On one of the theater district's busiest nights, some shows, including "The Lion King," were delayed by an hour or more, according to the Broadway World website.

Oprah Winfrey was in attendance of the new hit "Fela," being shown at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on West 49th Street, and the production began on time and wasn't interrupted.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alreadyposted; bombscare; carbomb; comedycentral; faisalshahzad; ied; islam; mtvnetworks; muslims; nyc; nypd; obama; rop; southpark; timesquare
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To: dfwgator

Nah, they were discussing Obummer’s speech at the press club shindig.


181 posted on 05/01/2010 9:10:30 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: dfwgator

The perp running away from vehicle has already been described as “muslim” appearance?


182 posted on 05/01/2010 9:10:35 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (Obama-scare is the "real" Cash for Clunker Program!)
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To: advance_copy

Earlier somebody posted had Ford plates - stolen?


183 posted on 05/01/2010 9:10:47 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: The Cajun

Oh it was supposed to go off, I think it just failed. Because supposedly(Now I have never been to New York so I don’t know how busy Times Square is that time of night) there were thousands of people outside..so that would have been his time to do this, but it failed, either it failed or he chickened out when he saw the cops checking out the car..Now, we have to find the guy because either he is working on his own and thought of this by himself or he is working for a much larger group


184 posted on 05/01/2010 9:11:14 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: conservativefromGa

It has been on Drudge for a bit.

Right side first row.


185 posted on 05/01/2010 9:11:17 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: VRWCTexan

You mean they actually reported that? Shocking.


186 posted on 05/01/2010 9:11:19 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Steelfish

Bush’s fault right?


187 posted on 05/01/2010 9:11:23 PM PDT by FL911
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To: VRWCTexan

ACK! Racial profiling...tsk.


188 posted on 05/01/2010 9:11:27 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: VRWCTexan

Fox is live wuth it now. What time did this start? Wonder what time the thing was supposed to go off.


189 posted on 05/01/2010 9:11:39 PM PDT by MestaMachine (If it donÂ’t fit, it must be sh!t.)
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To: dfwgator

I read they saw a muslim guy running..don’t know if thats true or not


190 posted on 05/01/2010 9:11:54 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Liberty Valance

Seeing that photo caused me to relive 11 September 2001.


191 posted on 05/01/2010 9:12:16 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: advance_copy

NYPD extending crime scene zone and pushing pedestrians further away from Times Square.
less than 20 seconds ago from TweetDeck

Heard this a few minutes ago on MSNBC too.


192 posted on 05/01/2010 9:12:45 PM PDT by califamily4W
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To: advance_copy

The stuff was probably in the trunk, my sister has a Nissan XTerra(2004 model) so its pretty much the same size


193 posted on 05/01/2010 9:13:05 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: txhurl

Americans!


194 posted on 05/01/2010 9:13:42 PM PDT by CyberAnt
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To: freepertoo
Nope, Baptists.

Hey Hey now. don't mess with the Baptists. We get downright stubborn and mean and may just thump you upside your head with a think leather bound Bible. /s :0

195 posted on 05/01/2010 9:13:53 PM PDT by Blackhawk (God said it, I believe it, That settles it. Forever. Amen.)
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To: VRWCTexan
Gasoline and gun powder found in vehicle

Wait a minute ... I've got gasoline and gunpowder in my vehicle as well ...

Are you sure it wasn't just zombies?

196 posted on 05/01/2010 9:13:54 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The detonator tried to off around 6:30pm so it was targeting people getting out of the Broadway show matinees.


197 posted on 05/01/2010 9:13:55 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: FL911

Obama just doesn’t get it..these people want to kill us, every second of everyday, they are thinking of ways to kill us, yet Obama wants to make peace with them and kiss their behinds. They want us all dead..what is so damn hard to understand


198 posted on 05/01/2010 9:14:11 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Times Sq is insanely busy and crowded on Saturday night.
199 posted on 05/01/2010 9:14:13 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: nw_arizona_granny; FourPeas

Thanks for the ping. I just pinged you to a different thread which is an excerpt of a link a FReeper FourPeas posted in this one. Figured I might as well post the link to it on this thread so people can find it, if they want.

NY’s Times Sq. evacuated after failed car bomb
[from Reuters]
FR THREAD:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2504893/posts


200 posted on 05/01/2010 9:14:21 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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