American Freedom Radio

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Just as I predicted,More BULLSHIT

OH MY GOD.They think your stupid.Whats next?
Hold on to your butter knife or bury it.There coming for the butter knifes just like they came for your nail clippers and shampoo after 9/11.

Notice how they had to throw in the Gun issue? what did I just post on my predictions?

also lets go back to rahm Emanuel GREAT foot in mouth quote."You never want a serious crisis go to waist"
WHAT A F**KING JACKASS.



Pa. fireworks store has video of NYC bomb suspect
AP – Two New York City police officers stand near a police lookout post, shown in the background, in Times …
Explosive device found in Times Square Play Video Video:Times Square Bomber Confesses ABC News Play Video Video:Passengers react to delayed Dubai flight AP By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Writers Colleen Long And Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press Writers – 8 mins ago
NEW YORK – A man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square was videotaped buying consumer-grade fireworks at a Pennsylvania store that a company official said were not nearly strong enough to make a powerful bomb.

Bruce Zoldan, president of Ohio-based Phantom Fireworks, said Faisal Shahzad, 30, was captured on surveillance video buying fireworks from his company's Matamoras, Pa., showroom, within the last two months.

"The M-88 he used wouldn't damage a watermelon," Zoldan said. "Thank goodness he used that."

Shahzad was charged Tuesday with trying to blow up a crude gasoline and propane device inside a parked SUV amid tourists and Broadway theatergoers. He was in custody after being hauled off a Dubai-bound plane he boarded Monday night at Kennedy Airport despite being under surveillance and placed on the federal no-fly list.

"I was expecting you. Are you NYPD or FBI?" Shahzad told customs officials who came aboard the jet to arrest him, an official with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the case.

Authorities say Shahzad has admitted his role in the botched bombing plot and is cooperating with investigators, but don't yet know whether others were involved in the plan to blow up the SUV.

U.S. officials in Washington said Wednesday they've been unable to verify statements that Shahzad trained at a Pakistani terror camp, according to the complaint against him, and haven't linked him to any terror group.

Meanwhile, the official told the AP that the video police released right after the botched bombing of a man shedding his shirt near the SUV had the unintended effect of falsely reassuring the real suspect he wasn't a target.

The unidentified man was never referred to as a suspect, but Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in his first briefing after the failed bombing that police sought to interview him. Investigators believe he is not involved with the attack, the official said. Police have not interviewed the man.

Authorities said Shahzad was not expected to appear in federal court Wednesday, and it wasn't clear when a hearing would be held. His appearance was canceled Tuesday in part because of Shahzad's continuing cooperation with investigators, but authorities said they had shed little light on what might have motivated him.

Until recently, his life in the U.S. appeared enviable. He had a master's degree from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, a job as a budget analyst for a marketing firm in Norwalk, Conn., two children and a well-educated wife who posted his smiling picture and lovingly called him "my everything" on a social networking website.

But shortly after becoming a U.S. citizen a year ago, he gave up his job, stopped paying his mortgage and told a real estate agent to let the bank take the house because he was returning to Pakistan.

Once there, according to investigators, he traveled to the lawless Waziristan region and learned bomb making at a terrorist training camp.

In court papers, investigators said Shahzad returned to the U.S. on Feb. 3, moved into an apartment in a low-rent section of Bridgeport, and set about acquiring materials and an SUV he bought with cash in late April. They said that after his arrest, Shahzad confessed to rigging the bomb and driving it into Times Square. He also acknowledged getting training in Pakistan, the filing said.

His landlord told the AP on Wednesday that Shahzad called him the night of the bombing attempt saying he had lost his apartment key and needed to be let in the building. In reality, authorities say, he had left his keys in the SUV's ignition.

"He said he was hanging out with a friend in New York and he must have lost the key somewhere," Stanislaw Chomiak said, adding that Shahzad lived alone.

Zoldan, the president of the fireworks company, said New Yorkers are lucky that the fireworks were purchased legally, because ones that are not can be up to 1,000 times more powerful.

"There's no doubt, had he bought this on the black market, that the outcome in New York would have been totally different," Zoldan said.

Shahzad had to show his driver's license and fill out an application to buy the fireworks, Zoldan said. On the form, "the individual put his last name first, and his first name last, probably intentionally," Zoldan said.

Phantom Fireworks requires proof of age and out-of-state residence to enter the store because of laws that prohibit Pennsylvanians from buying most fireworks. The store is off an interstate near the New York border.

Authorities eventually identified Shahzad through the previous owner of the SUV and put him under surveillance.

They initially planned to arrest him at his Connecticut home but lost track of him, two people familiar with the probe told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to talk publicly about the breach in surveillance.

Emirates airlines also didn't initially notice when Shahzad purchased a ticket that he had been placed on the government's no-fly list, according to a law enforcement official. Emirates said in a statement Wednesday that it is in "full compliance" with U.S. passenger check-in procedures and works closely with the government to regularly update security watch lists.

The government will now require airlines to check updated no-fly lists within two hours of being notified of changes to the list, a Homeland Security official said Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the change.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano credited customs officials with recognizing Shahzad's name on a passenger manifest and stopping the flight. Agents apprehended him on the plane.

A gun was discovered in the car Shahzad left at the airport, investigators said. Police in his former Connecticut town said he bought a Kel-Tech rifle legally from a dealer after passing a criminal background check and a 14-day waiting period.

The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the Times Square car bomb plot, but U.S. officials said they are still investigating. In Pakistan, authorities detained several people, although the FBI said it had no confirmation that those arrests were relevant to the case.

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