Blast Damages Times Square Recruiting Station (with photo)

NY Times ^ | March 06, 2008 | By Sewell Chan

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** EXCERPT **

Latest Update, 10:15 a.m. | The police have attributed the blast to an improvised explosive device, and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said the device had been placed in an ammunition box like the kind that can be bought at a military supply store. Mr. Kelly spoke with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a news conference at 9:30 a.m. in Times Square. The authorities are looking into a possible connection to two earlier bombings at foreign consulates in Manhattan, in 2005 and 2007. Officials said that in today’s attack, a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt was seen leaving the scene on a bicycle. Subways and traffic are running normally through Times Square. (See related slide show.)

Full Account | New York City police officers and firefighters cordoned off much of Times Square for more than two hours after a small explosion — set off, the authorities said, by an “improvised explosive device” — damaged the front of the Armed Forces Career Center on the traffic island bounded by 43rd and 44th Streets, Seventh Avenue and Broadway at 3:43 a.m., officials said. No one was injured, and after a temporary interruption, subway service was restored.

Most traffic around Times Square was allowed to pass by 6:45 a.m., after vehicles had been diverted for more than two hours. City officials confirmed that police had initially blocked off the area as a precaution to ensure that there was no secondary device or other threat; the officials emphasized that they did not believe anyone was in danger.

Police officers at the scene said the explosion blew a hole through the front door of the recruiting station, which is at the northern end of the structure.

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I’m predicting hippy-douchebag over goat-effing islametard.

[YourAdHere]

Religion of peace = party of tolerance.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Seconded.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I thought that place and local area had hundreds of surveillance cams all over the place. Surely they will get a pic of him? And i will now stop calling you Shirley.

[sageb1]

Bloomberg gets media attention finally.

[pillut48]

...on a bicycle—sounds like a new contestant on “CLUE”, doesn’t it?

[Stepan12]

[RandallFlagg]

If these jackasses had any stones, they’d proudly admit that they did this and brag about it all over the media.

But they don’t, so they won’t.

Punk cowards.

[YOUGOTIT]

Looks as though William “Bill” Ayers and Bernadrine are back in business.

[Slapshot68]

“In order to prevent war and killing, we’re going to kill people” ~ Idiot domestic terrorists

[Red Badger]

Code Pinkos.......

[Right Cal Gal]

That was my first thought, too. They’re deranged enough.

[Brilliant]

At least they didn’t use guns.

[Track9]

..and i would be looking for that profile at the next berry o rally around the area.

[Bekki4Bush]

I think THAT pic should be taken down. He is not a muslim, and depicting him so makes US (freepers) look stupid.
Opponents lurk here, why give them ammunition?

[atomic conspiracy]

Lubbock’s token moonbat radio host, Chad Hasty of KFYO, dismissed this as a mere prank, “nobody hurt....no big deal....probably just kids having fun.(!)
I wonder if it would seem so harmless to Chad if fun-loving pranksters bombed the peace movement’s analog to a recruiting station, say, a place that prints Che t-shirts or a local headshop.

Chad Hasty can be contacted at the station: Chad@kfyo.com

[Red Badger]

Or a Uni-bomber wannabe................

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Disgraceful. This is what all the anti-American talk leads too.

[squarebarb]

I agree with you.
It’s a stupid picture.