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- GeoffChang, on 07/05/2008, -7/+244Isn't this kind of a big deal? You know, a terrorist car bomb in New York on the fourth of July? Isn't this at least the story of the month? You know, because Al-Qaida may have been behind it? Isn't this a little big for a 'tipster' story on the New York Post?
Anybody agree? - inactive, on 07/05/2008, -5/+166A civic minded car thief. That is a new one on me.
- elnerdo, on 07/05/2008, -0/+132Does anybody have more information? This article is pretty useless.
Edit:
Better article:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07052008/news/regional ...
So: Not terrorists, and the guy who would've detonated it is in jail, so it was fairly safe. - ryanknapper, on 07/07/2008, -8/+114With a babillion dollars spent on the War on Terror, loss of civil liberties, carte blanche wiretapping and no-knock search warrants and apparently The Man™ had no idea this was going on. I want my money back.
- joker10687, on 07/06/2008, -0/+95I definitely agree. Unfortunately I have to always question the credibility of these kinds of stories since they're from just 1 relatively obscure source. You'd think something like this would get more media attention.
- smoger, on 07/07/2008, -7/+88hey check that out.. he broke the law and fought terrorism.. just like George Bush!
- AlexBellisBrown, on 07/05/2008, -14/+86Scary stuff. Could have been an electrician though, car full of wires, probably liked coffee too with all the Styrofoam cups he had... white substance? Sugar. Switches? Speaks for itself. Reminds me of the UFO which was a moon...
- Kabitzin, on 07/07/2008, -0/+64Did he have to keep the van over 50 mph?
- megamod, on 07/07/2008, -0/+56yeah right...he just knew he bit more than he could handle when he looked in the back. Going to jail for stealing a car...eh. Going to jail for stealing a car full of explosives??? OH CRAP. Who would believe him: "the explosives aren't mine, I swear I just stole the car."
- Thrilltone, on 07/05/2008, -4/+53I wonder if they gave him a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card for that?
- davidjunit, on 07/06/2008, -0/+38I find it interesting that the guy they claim owns this van used explosives in the past to try to get rid of a person renting a property, heh. He sounds more like a mob type than a "terrorist".
- GinsuGuy585, on 07/06/2008, -4/+42Lone Thief: 1 Asian Mafia: 0
- muckemuck, on 07/07/2008, -0/+37read link in comments below.. it was just a whacked out Chinese guy with a history of putting bombs in vans.
- Thrilltone, on 07/05/2008, -1/+37The next door neighbor's dog leaves terrorist bombs on my lawn all the time.
- Gudeldar, on 07/06/2008, -3/+37He had to use it right away for stealing the van.
- neuralcooker, on 07/07/2008, -0/+33He actually drove the van after thinking it was wired with explosives. That must have been a nerve-racking drive.
- Chairboy, on 07/07/2008, -7/+37Honda Civics are very popular among thieves. He's also probably Accord minded and, as this article proves, van minded.
- slowmo, on 07/07/2008, -0/+29Yeah, the island of Manhattan.
- 0ceanic, on 07/07/2008, -4/+29not all terrorists are islamic.
and the thief is still a hero. - hansk, on 07/05/2008, -2/+26Or that terrorist balloon on someone's lawn that turned out to be a regular old balloon.
- SUPERCHIMP, on 07/07/2008, -0/+23I can't help but think if the alleged bomb creator was a follower of Islam that this would be front page news instead of a footnote. Disgruntled mentally unstable Chinese men who are already in jail for blowing someone up are much less threatening I guess.
- Andrwmorph, on 07/07/2008, -0/+18You have to admit he has balls though
- fxu1989, on 07/07/2008, -2/+21But the bombs were still out there... in public streets waiting to be detonated.
- getzwane, on 07/07/2008, -0/+19Groan, huh? That *would* hurt, not being able to comfortably react to bad puns.
- gattaca86, on 07/07/2008, -1/+16"The street is lined with brownstones, and there's a ballet studio and a small Muslim school."
wtf? - ahhell, on 07/07/2008, -1/+16How long do we have to wait for the TV movie to come out?
- GreatSunJester, on 07/07/2008, -1/+15Considering he drove the vehicle to a safe area, risking his own life, when he could have just called it in in place or run away -- give him a medal. He may be scum, but he is OUR scum! :)
- FasterGun, on 07/07/2008, -8/+22Wait, are you joking? Why would you think it was a "terrorist car bomb"? Because Larry Celona put "terror van" in the headline to get a few more readers? It read like an ordinary car bomb (as ordinary as car bombs are, that is) and, as it turned out, it was. Then you go on to speculate that Al-Qaida may have been behind it? Are you that daft?
Man, some people. - inactive, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13Neutral evil beating chaotic evil.
- hansk, on 07/05/2008, -5/+17And all this time I was saying that criminals are just a bane on society and needed to be sent off to an island somewhere... and that island should be a testing facility for experimental weapons.
- noahhoward, on 07/07/2008, -2/+14That's impossible the learned gentlemen of Digg.com told me the government has invaded my privacy and is monitoring everything.
- seraph582, on 07/07/2008, -4/+16what? The guy was already in jail - what are you talking about?
- hoghug, on 07/07/2008, -0/+12Half a trillion on the war on terror and Nico Bellic's the one finding the bombs?
- hansk, on 07/05/2008, -1/+13heres the link to that story i was mentioning
http://www.ksnt.com/news/international/3526461.htm ... - thisissami, on 07/08/2008, -0/+12except he (the car thief) actually did a good job....
- JAGUART, on 07/07/2008, -1/+13Look, just because you're a POS Thief doesn't mean you can't be a patriot.
- garrettsdiggs, on 07/07/2008, -0/+12shouldn't this be a pretty god damn big story? i mean, is this for real? are terrorist activities thwarted on a regular basis or something and i'm just not aware of it?
- Kohaxx, on 07/07/2008, -0/+11Punisher? Is that you?
- xDynaBlade, on 07/07/2008, -0/+11I wonder what he told the police...."So, I was stealing this car, right? And there were bombs in it, man!"
- richnojutsu, on 07/07/2008, -3/+13Wrong. Australia was a penal colony, as was the state of Georgia. The USA as a whole was not.
- h4mx0r, on 07/07/2008, -0/+10"Another source said cops are unlikely to file charges for the break-in."
Yay! He wasn't punished for it! Although I'd see justifications for either punishment or not, I think he deserves the freebie :P - KillerStone, on 07/07/2008, -6/+16The New York Post? Honestly? There were no better sources?
- yosserhughes, on 07/07/2008, -1/+11"were rigged to go off via a remote car-door opener"
May as well have just used a long stick. - holyskeleton, on 07/07/2008, -1/+11he probably watched too much Fight Club.
- inactive, on 07/07/2008, -0/+9According to the article, he was doing his civic duty as an American citizen. However, this car may be a prelude to greater things to come, you never know what the criminal element is planning. Just wait, we may bear witness to another pilot on an odyssey of death. If the shoe fits, blow it off?
*did I miss any? - inactive, on 07/07/2008, -1/+10@Thrilltone: We call those dirty bombs in Texas.
- inactive, on 07/07/2008, -3/+11We've been going about this the wrong way. Instead of the military, send New Yorkers - preferably from Brooklyn and the Bronx - over to Afghanistan to take out bin Laden and his terrorist cronies.
- mrlost117, on 07/07/2008, -1/+9no such thing as watching too much fight club
- PacoBell, on 07/07/2008, -1/+9Wait, how can you dismiss this story as an urban legend and then at the same time use it as proof to bash Homeland Security? I'm not saying I agree with the state's policies, but at least try to be consistent in your logic =P
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