NYC Recruiting Station Bombed

Police Investigate Explosion in Times Square

Photo: Pamela

Who is the enemy here? There are two Americas - the America haters and the America lovers and in short order we'll have low grade civil war. This is one of the only recruiting stations that has all four divisions under on roof (army, navy, air force, marines).  Over at Thunder Run:

This morning at about 3:40 am an explosion occurred outside a very successful recruiting station in Times Square NYC. While no report seems to link the current escalation of force by the anti-war / peace movement I will. First we saw Code-Pink in Berkeley, CA swarm around and set up a continual protest against the USMC. Then we have crowds invading a recruiting station in Washington DC. Now…a bombing of a recruiting station in NYC.

The New York Times describes the event thusly:

Blast Damages Times Square Recruiting Station The New York City police just issued a statement describing the source of the explosion as an “improvised explosive device” and putting the time of the blast at 3:43 a.m. Subways and traffic are running normally through Times Square.

At first glance, the explosion seemed reminiscent, in its effects and timing, of two earlier blasts. At about 3:40 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2007, two dummy hand grenades that had been fashioned into crude bombs exploded outside the Mexican Consulate at 27 East 39th Street in Murray Hill, shattering windows. The building was not occupied and no one was hurt. At 3:55 a.m. on May 5, 2005, two crude but powerful explosive devices detonated outside the British Consulate at 845 Third Avenue in East Midtown, shattering windows and damaging a planter.

Just after 6:45 a.m., a handful of law enforcement officers knelt at the foundation of the recruiting station, smashing the carpet of glass shards with long-handled mallets. Two men in hazardous-materials suits stood above them, among more than a dozen
investigators from the city’s Police and Fire Departments, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Police vans and squad cars ringed the scene, with clusters of detectives on street corners, paging through notebooks and talking on cellphones.

And while a spokesperson for Homeland Security wouldn’t comment on whether this explosion was related to terrorism the act in itself was a terror attack…an attack in my opinion against those very people who defend us against terror, the U.S. Military.

The left is already in a tizzy over the event worried that it’s going to cause a backlash against them. In the words of Kos Diarist Cool Blue Reason.

“Inevitably, we're going to start hearing about "left-wing terrorism" from the usual suspects in the media. And I'm guessing the drumbeat is going to be especially loud in this political environment."

And you know what CBR, you are absolutely correct. Do you want to know why, the reason is because you are more than happy to surround your self and associate with those who openly hate and attack those who defend us. You support groups like Code Pink and MoveOn.org who call our soldier’s baby killers and murderers. You clap when “students” swarm and destroy recruiting stations and you support world leaders who actively call for the destruction of the very country that defends your right to do so.

Is this event going to be used to attack the left? You’re damn right its going to be used to attack the left, because the left has allowed and even welcomed the militant anti-American into their ranks, and you deserve all of the bad press that goes along with it.

How unhinged is the left over this they are even indicating that it was a right-wing attack against the recruiting station in order to drum up support to oppose the left. Can it get any crazier in the reality based community?

UPDATE: Mayor Bloomberg is speaking: He is saying that this bombing is an insult to all men and women serving in our aremed forces. WRONG! This is an insult to every American. Bloomberg doesn't get it.

The delicious Ray Kelly is up. It was not a sophisticated device. Placed in a small ammunition box you can buy in an army navy store. Examining where the box (where the bomb was placed) was purchased. There is one witness who saw the enemy on a bicycle wearing a backpack. If you saw anything or know anything call 1800 577 tips. No one saw his face.

They are looking at all the cameras in the area. Again, if you know anything is 1 800 577 tips.

There was a cop in the police station next store to bombing and he joined up with the witness. Enemy combatant was in a hooded sweatshirt, backpack, on bike ..........  there are so many cameras in that are of NY. They have images, IMAO.

UPDATE: Dan Maloney over at the Gathering of Eagles tells me, "this is the recruiter location that the Gathering of Eagles has most often defended against the domestic insurgents of the radical left". More here.

UPDATE: Citizen journalist Pamela grabbed video:

• 11 AM as the press is allowed on the island for pics...
• a view of damage east..good view of hole in door
• a view of damage and bulge in door
• a view of damage from west...
• that one protester, the door damage, the press (a crew goes underground) and the press start to interview navy...
• Press interview navy...# 1
• Press interview navy...# 2
• Press interview navy...# 3
• press and female navy interview...
• spanish tv with Navy interview
• Japanese tv reporter ...

UPDATE: The Gathering of Eagles has updated  and now includes their own photos and video of the damage done to the Times Square Recruiter Station as well as the surveillance video of the bomber setting the bomb and the actual explosion. Go here.

Gathering of Eagles will stage a "Support Our Troops" rally at the Times Square Recruiter Station this Saturday, March, 8, 2008, from 1pm until 4pm.  All are invited to bring flags, signs and banners supporting our troops and recruiters.

What:    Support Our Troops Rally
Where:  Times Square Recruiter Station West 44th St and Broadway.
When:   Saturday, March 8th, 1-4pm

Pamela's Picture Slideshow here

Lots of cops ....... a good thing

there's an asshat in every crowd

Yeah baby!

 

Comments

[David M]

Thank you for re-posting this! They have gone too far!

[culturist]

I knew right away that it was not Islamic terrorism. Muslims would have done it during peak tourist hours. They put the terror in terrorism. This 3:45 am bombing was respectful of human life.

Also the bomb seems to have been fairly incompetently made. That is another sign of leftist fringe group involvement.

Unfortunately people will use this to say that terrorism is not a Muslim thing. We have to remember that this was not terrorism. It did not seek to terrorize. I'm not sure what this leftarded act was supposed to accomplish, but it wasn't designed to instill terror. Terrorism is nearly entirely a Muslim thing and better understood in contast with this bit of silliness.

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[David M]

The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - Has the Anti-War Crowd Gone Too Far? This morning at about 3:40 am an explosion occurred outside a very successful recruiting station in Times Square NYC. While no report seems to link the current escalation of force by the anti-war / peace movement I will. First we saw Code-Pink in Berkeley, CA swarm around and set up a continual protest against the USMC. Then we have crowds invading a recruiting station in Washington DC. Now…a bombing of a recruiting station in NYC.

[Snooper]

If the squeamish authorities do not get a handle on this kind of activity, the American Civil War of the 1800's is going to look like a walk in the park...

[Underzog]

I went to a Free Republic demonstration in Boston, Mass. I didn't know until I got there that I might have been called to defend the military recruiting station as they have been vandalized before.

I didn't need to defend a military recruiting station, but I did observe a bunch of leftwing marchers flipping me the bird as they marched by the Mass. statehouse. I filmed it for youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjmvdmOntOw

[x_dhimmi]

Does anyone happen to know where Bill Ayers, Obama's buddy who bombed the Pentegon in the early 1970's, was last night?

[RobCon]

The famous townhouse explosion by the Weather Underground occured 38 years ago today when they blew themselves up with explosives meant for FT. Dix, NJ in 1970.
Coincidence?

[RobCon]

Does anyone happen to know where Bill Ayers, Obama's buddy who bombed the Pentegon in the early 1970's, was last night"

The townhouse explosion was 38 years ago today which was comitted by the Weather Underground.