August 28, 2004

Bomb plot in NY
Posted by McQ

Developing:

A U.S. citizen and a Pakistani national were arrested in an alleged plot to bomb a subway station in midtown Manhattan and possibly other locations around the city, police said Saturday.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the men were not thought to be connected to al-Qaida or any other international terrorist organization, although he said they expressed hatred for America. The arrests come two days before the start of the Republican National Convention, which is drawing tens of thousands of visitors into the city.

Though there was no clear tie to the convention, authorities moved to arrest the two men before it began, two law-enforcement sources told The Associated Press.

The men had been under police surveillance and had discussed placing explosives at the Herald Square subway station and stations at 42nd and 59th streets, Kelly said. The men never obtained explosives, he said.



"...they expressed hatred for America."

One was a US citizen.

Sigh.

Amazing. They apparently were willing to kill many, many people in NY in order to demonstrate the depth of that hate.

What a great purpose in life. Blowing up innocent people on a subway for "hate".

And one was a US citizen?


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A Muslim-American perhaps?

Posted by: robin at August 28, 2004 06:36 PM

Doesn't say he wasn't naturalized. They could answer this kind of stuff right up front, but they don't. If the guy turns out to be born in the U.S. I'll be surprised.

He'll turn out to be someone we foolishly let in.
It always makes so much better press when you can say "he is a U.S. citizen" and don't say anything more, like where he was BORN and raised.

After all most born in the USA Americans loathe the U.S. don't they?

Posted by: looker at August 28, 2004 07:21 PM

One has a name - I bet this one is our "citizen".

"Attorney Tom Dunn said his client, whom he identified as James L. El Shafay, faced a charge of conspiracy to damage the subway. The second suspect was not immediately identified."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,130432,00.html

Posted by: Looker at August 28, 2004 07:30 PM

Don't like the US? Fine, expatriate them to Africa, South America, or maybe Antarctica...You know, where there aren't any American-like governments for them to hate.

Posted by: Chris at August 29, 2004 01:00 AM