Washington – Homeland Security: Potential NY Terrorist Attack Averted [News Conference Video]

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    In this image taken from video, a police officer approaches the vehicle containing a car bomb, which stands with the door open and the police officer reaches down to lift one of the red canisters on the roadway at New York's Times Square, NY, U.S.A., Sunday, May 2, 2010. Police cleared the streets around Times Square when the vehicle was seen to be smoking late Saturday evening, before recovering un-detonated bomb components including cans of gasoline, tanks of propane, fireworks and other electrical equipment from the sport utility vehicle.(AP Photo/APTV)Washington – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says authorities are recovering evidence from the car bomb discovered at New York’s Time Square.

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    She tells NBC’S “Meet the Press” that officials are treating the incident as a potential terrorist attack. She says it’s too soon to tell who’s responsible.

    Napolitano says that while investigators have no suspects, they have recovered forensic evidence, including fingerprints from the vehicle.

    She also says there are a number of surveillance cameras in the area and they could yield valuable videotape.

    Below Early morning news conference by NYC Mayor Bloomberg, and NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    And they want to bring the terror trials to NY???

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    How do they feel now about letting all these responsable free just like they tell Israel. Get a taste of what terrorists do

    joe shmoe
    joe shmoe
    13 years ago

    wow! as we all well know, the last line of defence is at the intended terror site. (the bomb should never get to the final destination). here we are congratulating for What? a bomb that at the mercy of the bomber, or sheer luck that it didn’t work? that in my opinion is nothing to celebrate, no claim of success shall be made in this story. I’m starting to miss bush when this was a main part of his line of defence. we can’t just be happy that this time we were lucky.

    chava
    chava
    13 years ago

    Chasdei Hashem! HKBH should only cntinue to thwart these monsters!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    “officials are treating the incident as a potential terrorist attack”

    Why only potential?

    Truth
    Truth
    13 years ago

    To all the libs -who posted here during the presidential elections that all us right wingers are wrong- saying -Bush was horrible, there won’t be any more attacks on US soil, Obama will make a great Pres., there is nothing to worry about, etc…
    Just for my curiosity, what are you telling yourselves now? One thing I know, maybe Mr. Bush wasn’t the best President we ever had, but his claim that he protected us against terror since 2001, was 100% accurate!

    Dr. Z
    Dr. Z
    13 years ago

    It seems clear that it was only by a miracle (“pure luck,” someone said in a prior post) that this terrorist bomb, in the process of detonating, did not fully detonate.

    The goal of Moslem terrorists was / is to instill fear in the infidels and further their cause of creating a fascist-like theocracy worldwide.

    (It is not certain who perpetrated this and it very well may turn out to be a non-Moslem group–but I’d personally be very surprised if that happened.)

    All of us who live in target areas will have to change our lifestyles and security similar to that in place in Israel will have to be considered.

    Let’s realize that terrorists aim to kill the innocent–men, women, and children–to achieve their nefarious goals.

    Also, we should reassess our lifestyles. Do we hug our loved ones enough? Are we living the type of ethical lifestyle to which we supposedly aspire? What are our goals? Are they just aggrandizement? What ‘answers’ do we have to such hatred?
    And the list goes on. One thing is for certain, and that is that change is needed.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    “Potential NY Terrorist Attack Averted” potential, averted? This was a terrorist attack and it was not averted. While it may have not done what the bombers have intended, it was not averted and did instill fear, a primary goal.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Its only a matter of time G-d forbid, when the US Homeland security spends millions on a raid in dinky little town in Iowa, you know they have their priorities wrong and will miss real targets that are dangerous to the US. Unfortunately.