Posted on 05/03/2010 1:26:24 PM PDT by faq
U.S. law enforcement officials say there is growing evidence the Times Square bomber had ties to radical elements overseas and did not act alone.
One senior official said the individuals involved "are living here and did not come from overseas to carry out the bombing."
Attorney General Eric Holder said today the investigators had made "substantial progress" in tracking the man who drove a Nissan Pathfinder into New York's Times Square with a crude bomb that failed to detonate.
Officials declined to provide the specifics that led them to believe there were overseas links to a larger plot.
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"This is moving very fast because they left behind a treasure trove of evidence in the unexploded car," one US official told ABC News.
Officials told ABC News Senior Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas that the Connecticut owner of the vehicle told them he had sold the Nissan SUV last month in an unrecorded sale to an "Arabic or Latino looking man" in his 20's or 30's, for a few hundred dollars in cash.
The license plate on the car was apparently stolen from an auto repair shop outside Bridgeport, Connecticut, according to law enforcement officials.
The authorities told ABC News that the previous owner provided a description of the man who bought the car, and told investigators the vehicle was sold for several hundred dollars in cash, with no written records identifying the purchaser.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
“To experts in explosives, it seemed to be the work of someone who really didn’t know what they were doing.
Chris Falkenberg, president of Insite Security, which works with Fortune 500 companies, said the device, as described by authorities, “doesn’t differ much at all from ‘The Anarchist Cookbook’” — the underground 1971 manual for homemade explosives.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100503/ap_on_re_us/us_times_square_car_bomb
thanks for that information about auto titles.
Fox just report the suspect is a South East Asian (who is a naturalized citizen)
But when you sell a titled vehicle, you sign over the title to the buyer and it’s up to them to go to the DMV to register the sale and transfer the title. At least that is how it’s done in Wisconsin.
Another article says he sold it for $1300.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Perhaps on topic
“radical elements overseas”
Radical Hindus, Zoroastrians, Buddhists, Christians or Bahá’í no doubt...;)
Perhaps bammy can help the press do their jobs, and not rush to any conclusions, as happened in the Ft. Hood massacre.../sarc
ABC News:
Federal authorities are closing in on the man they say is a person of interest in the Times Square car bomb attempt this weekend, who is described as a naturalized American citizen who hails from Pakistan and just returned after spending five months there.
There is growing evidence the bomber did not act alone and had ties to radical elements overseas, with one senior official telling ABC News there are several individuals believed to be connected with the bombing and that at least one of them is a Pakistani-American.
Authorities said another clue in the investigation is a video posted online early Sunday morning by persons in Connecticut, who may have been involved in the bomb attempt and are being sought by law enforcement. The video, posted on a site registered one day before the attack, has the Taliban in Pakistan claiming responsibility for the attempted bombing.
The Washington Post, quoting Obama Administration sources, said the attempted bombing “increasingly appears to have been coordinated by several people in a plot with international links.”
“This is moving very fast because they left behind a treasure trove of evidence in the unexploded car,” one US official told ABC News.
Wow...yet another naturalized citizen proud to be an American. He probably was a mooslim with the usual credo: I love you. I will kill you and your children...Boom!
“Fox just report the suspect is a South East Asian (who is a naturalized citizen)”
That’s interesting as the PK news is that they’re seeking a ‘white man’:
‘White male’ sought in NY car bomb incident
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C05%5C04%5Cstory_4-5-2010_pg7_6
whereas CBS News reports:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20004042-10391695.html
“A source also tells CBS News that investigators are looking at a possible suspect, a Pakistani-American, in the botched Times Square car-bombing incident.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/03/national/main6457401.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
“(CBS) A source told CBS News that investigators are looking at a possible suspect, a Pakistani American, in the botched car bombing incident near Times Square. The source said forensic evidence uncovered in the vehicle led them to a Middle Eastern man’s name that was familiar to counter terrorism investigators.
Sources say the last registered owner of the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder sold the SUV on the Internet site Craigslist in the last month for $1,300 dollars in cash - all in one hundred dollar bills. The seller described the buyer only as a young man who was “Hispanic or Middle Eastern looking.” The owner did not provide a name.”
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Hmmmm. You suppose that PK news service has something to gain by claiming they’re looking for a ‘white man?’
“I love you. I will kill you and your children...Boom!”
Isn’t this what ‘Allah Akbar’ means - roughly translated?
Maybe black Irish!!!
What are we up to now? Quan Shang Bubba White Al Bin Shabeeb Scwartz? ;-)
No, it's a death cult and subversive anti-American political movement....you know...The Enemy.
Explosive stuff!
The Michigan Hutteree militia are involved.
You're very welcome.
All states should take notice of this. Auto dealers are required by law to maintain extensive records of a sale along with a copy of the purchasers DL. This requirement is not required in individual sales. Look what happened in this case/ duh, I dunno, he might a been latino or middle eastern, I dunno...duh. He had the cash and I needed it. Duh, that's all I know. Wish I could tell you boys more. Sorry.
Here's another thing auto dealers are required to do. They must check their sale against a list provided by the fed. The list includes many suspected or known terrorists. If a dealer sales to them, he is subject to severe fines and imprisonment. "I didn't know" will not fly. All dealers are required to check the list.
Time for states to take notice to require more documentation involving individual auto sales. At least a copy of the DL should be required to be kept by the individual seller. FCOL individuals can sell to terrorists and people without a drivers license at all. This needs fixin.
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