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 ...
Speaking as someone with over 20 years in the auto industry (manufacturer side, not dealership), I can explain part of this.
Salvage does not necessarily mean sold for scrap, but salvaged from some kind of damage, repaired and resold.
New vehicles that are damaged intransit between mfr and dealer, or between dealers, sufficiently so that they aren't pristine enough to be sold new are sent to special closed auctions where the mfr's dealers have a chance to buy them as first quality used cars.
Dealership demo vehicles may also be sent to such auctions, as would company vehicles, used vehicles being returned to dealerships off leases and which are in excellent condition, no history of accidents. Vehicles bought in these closed dealer-only auctions will wind up on a dealership's lot somewhere to be sold as a used vehicle -- pre-owned in today's parlance.
All other vehicles not sold privately are sold in open auctions. They typically include fleet vehicles, used vehicles with a damage history, trade-ins, etc. These wind up in the el cheapo types of used car lots, or in scrap yards.
If a vehicle, new or used, was damaged in, say, a flood, but was repairable, it would likely have a salvage title. If it was one that went through the lower-quality auction process, it could be purchased under a salvage title.
What troubled me more about the Nissan in this case is that the owner/former owner says he sold it without documentation. All of us who have sold cars in our lives know that, at minimum, we must document the transaction on the papers transferring title. Now maybe that happened in this case and the guy who sold it didn't keep a record for himself. The dude who bought it clearly didn't transfer title to himself. Otherwise, the VIN would have traced back to him and not the guy who says he sold the car. The seller may be totally innocent, and just a textbook example of why it's important to always keep a paper record for yourself when you sell a car privately. A short handwritten bill of sale signed by both parties is sufficient.
This was a hit on South Park by U.S. muslims coordinating with overseas muslims.
Revolution Muslim posted the Comedy Central address at 1775 Broadway and encouraged their followers to pay a visit in their threat on South Park.
Since 1775 mostly had a police presence, the muzzies most likely selected 1515 Broadway as secondary target since it is the headquarters of MTV Networks, the parent company of Comedy Central.
Sounds like quite a few bombs may be planted all over the U.S.
Well, I've been wondering for a number of years, now ..., how long it is going to be before we start having suicide bombers riding the bus, going into the shopping centers, into coffee shops and so on. And I've wondered how much longer it will be before car bombers start showing up all over the place.
All those things aren't difficult to do and I would imagine we'll be getting those things soon enough. It will probably start "picking up" now ...
As long as we continue to view Islam as a "religion" instead of what it is... a subservice and violent government idealogy -- we'll continue to have these things going on ...
Islam should be made illegal to practice and to have mosques in these United States and anyone practicing it should be jailed and/or removed from the country.
The Tea Party tentacles are everywhere!!!
No Sh*t...you’ve got to kidding...NOT!
Watch this story quietly and quickly go away, now that the MSM and the Obama administration know there’s no possibility of pinning it on those crazed right wing extremist tea party types.
I’ve personally never seen a Baptist Church with a chain link fence around it topped with concertina wire. The mosques here in Texas are fenced off like every military base I’ve ever seen. They’re hiding something and using our constitution against us. I’ll bet many terrorists know our constitution better than most here in the U.S. do.
You may not view Islam as a religion, but it IS one. A little thing called the First Amendment bars the kind of draconian measures you advocate.
From dictionary.com:
RELIGION, noun, (1) a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
But, but, but I thought MSNBC already determined it was conservatives.
That evil and oppressive governmental idealogy of Islam and the way of implementing it by Sharia law is already making inroads right here in this country — the good ole USA. We’re about to see a “takeover” of the U.S. by the evil and oppressive idealogy of the government of Islam (that is aiming for world-wide conquest and has stated that the U.S. is *on its list* to take over...)
And for those people who need some additional facts about what the evil and oppressive governmental idealogy of Islam is doing, look at some of the following.
There’s no question about it... the enemy is *Islam* itself and the evil and oppressive and false idealogy that it perpetrates. Some say the problem is “fascism” (instead of the basic oppressive governmental idealogy of Islam, itself). But, that is to engage in “political correctness” and nothing more... and sidetracks people from the *true enemy* in this war.
In one generation we’ll see, right here in the United States that “Islam” is the enemy and not “fascism”...
Muslim Demographics...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU
and also, this...
Islam: What the West Needs to Know - FULL LENGTH ENGLISH VERSION
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-871902797772997781
and then, looking at this...
“The Third Jihad” (video - abridged version of film)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271522/posts
This is the allowance of “false gods” to take over this nation because of the ignorance of the people of the land in regards to the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...
And so, we see that we’re going to have the “false god of Islam” ruling over the USA and running the USA in just one generation from now.
“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.”
‘Oh No! The Socialist media would be so disappointed if true. They have been planning 24/7 coverage if it was a mad White guy.’
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I’m certain that the RAT propagadists will issue an apology forthwith to all offended tea partiers, convicted in absentia.
They were certainly hoping (planning on) finding a white guy or bunch of "white devils" on which to claim responsibility!
I’ve personally never seen a Baptist Church with a chain link fence around it topped with concertina wire. The mosques here in Texas are fenced off like every military base I’ve ever seen. They’re hiding something and using our constitution against us. I’ll bet many terrorists know our constitution better than most here in the U.S. do.
Exactly!
But, there are enough "fools" around who think by protecting it as a "religion" that we'll be better off -- when they take over this country (and eliminate that freedom of religion) ... LOL ...
Fools always shoot themselves in the foot... doncha know ... :-)
And that ain't no religion...that's a friggin' murderous cult...belong or die!!!
Color me surprised. Earlier today, around 2:00 CST, ABC was reporting that the person purchasing the SUV was of 'Hispanic or Arabic' descent according to the seller of the SUV. Dang, I just hate when the so-called press does their job (so thinks the insane, rabid communists in this country)
bttt
The “seller” “may” have sold it but the title remains in the seller’s name so he owns the vehicle. I can see the feds charging him as an accessory to the crime.
Obviously a teapartier who was just out-of-country on business - missing the big April 15th rally.
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