Photos of Targeted Military Recruiting Station Were Sent to Members of Congress

[sabra]

Source: ABC News

Letters Claim Responsibility for Times Square Blast
Photos of Targeted Military Recruiting Station Were Sent to Members of Congress


Letters saying "We did it" and containing a photo of the U.S. military recruiting station in New York that was the target of a bombing today were sent to as many as 10 members of Congress, law enforcement sources told ABC News. A House aide said the letters were all received by Democratic Congress members, and that all the letters were sent through the U.S. Postal Service.

No one was hurt, but officials said the crude device could have "injured or even killed" someone.

The video shows a bicyclist that matches the description provided by a witness who says he saw a suspicious man on a bike approach the recruiting station just before a small blast blew out the glass at the front of the building.

The recruiting office is not seen in the video, which the New York Police Department said was captured by a private security camera. But the video camera, which was pointing just north of the building, captured a shadowy figure riding up the street on a bicycle, dismounting and walking across the street, then returning and riding off.



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[bemildred]

1. Now THIS is starting to sound like what we had back in the 1970s. nt

[Dr.Phool]

2. Must have been a pretty small "bomb".

The pictures I've seen just showed some broken glass.

[FreepFryer]

3. I work a block away - this smells fishy to me, Like the Anthrax letters - a 'false flag'. (n/t)

[AlphaCentauri]

4. why it has to happend when a new president will be elected

[Zorra]

5. Probably only republicans that received the letters. Could be the

letters are being typed right at this moment.

[winter999]

23. Wrong. It was all Democrats.

[angrycarpenter]

6. there is a lot of anger out there

they will use this to brand war protesters as terrorists.

This is the action of a maybe a couple of young hotheads looking to get on the news, not a broad conspiracy by some peace organization. But the FBI will continue to infiltrate such groups looking for terrorists while the loose cannons roam unremarked.

I think that the next domestic terror attack will come from the right while the FBI is busy looking left.

It would not surprise me if this was some right-wing loony looking to get the left-wing in trouble.

[caraher]

7. It's already happened (the branding of war protesters)

The first article I saw on it mentioned that this recruiting station had been the location of a demonstration by a peace group, I think its name was Grannies for Peace or something like that. And this is connected to a bombing how?

My first reaction was that maybe some embittered Iraq vet was taking out his anger on the folks who sent him to a hell on earth. But I don't think that's likely; a right-winger trying to frame the left does seem more probable.

[Journeyman]

8. Could also be an Iraqi expatriate, as well, angered by what's happening in his native land. . .

but anyway you view it, a shadowy bicyclist who may or may not have planted a small device, is weak evidence to make charges on against any group.

[angrycarpenter]

9. It is like when a person steals from a friend.

they only take a little.

It was only a little bomb. If this was a serious attempt to destroy an office they would have built a big bomb.

They will clean-up and replace the glass and be up and running next week but war protesters will really get hammered next time they dare assemble.

I can see them tasering the grannies for peace,

[1620rock]

10. They had some wild-eyed woman on CNN early this morning

breathlessly telling the reporter how the blast shook the 43rd floor of her building. :eyes:

[fascisthunter]

11. Sniff, sniff....

[bemildred]

12. Do you know where your FBI plant is now?

"Hey, why don't we all go throw stones at those cops?"
:rofl::rofl:

[fascisthunter]

14. "Swell... you do that. I'll be over here..."

Meanwhile, a cop handcuffs me anyway, just for being in the provocateur's vicinity.

[UpInArms]

13. A House aide said the letters were all received by Democratic Congress members

did the anthraxer leave his list behind?

[Divine Discontent]

15. exactly...

sounds, too, like the threats are directed to them to scare them into leaving the republicons alone

[John Kerry VonErich]

16. 'We Did It' Letters Eyed in NY Bombing

Source: BreitBart


'We Did It' Letters Eyed in NY Bombing

Mar 7 01:39 AM US/Eastern
By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Capitol Hill offices received letters Thursday containing a photo of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was bombed and including the claim "We Did It."
The manila envelopes contained a photo of a man standing in front of the recruiting station before it was bombed. The photo was the kind commonly sent as a holiday greeting card, according to a Democratic aide who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter is under investigation.

The message on the card: "Happy New Year, We Did It."

The envelope also contained a packet of approximately 10 sheets of paper that seemed to be a political manifesto railing against the Iraq war and a booklet. The aide didn't know what the booklet was. A second aide, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said similar letters arrived in as many as 10 offices.

Capitol Police, FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service were investigating. In an e-mail to lawmakers, Capitol Police said the envelopes went through the standard security process. That process, which involves radiating incoming mail, can easily take a week or more, making it likely the letters were mailed well ahead of the bombing.

The small bomb caused minor damage to the New York military recruiting station before dawn Thursday and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.


Read more: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8V8E7OG2&show_article=1

[frog92969]

17. This stinks!

Not even a nutcase would mail a confession w/location "well ahead of the bombing" unless there was no bomb.

Would they risk their life on slow mail?

I don't buy that for a second.

[BB1]

18. as in iraq

as in the States. It's the most favourable target: recruitment offices

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[BB1]

20. Nah, I doubt it.

cro-magnon? You know your history kid!

[zbdent]

21. maybe it's a person who really has a political agenda in line with this administration

who wants to make it look like someone who speaks out against the war ...

wouldn't put it past them ...

[BulletproofLandshark]

22. Absolutely

None of the thugs in our government would be above planting an agent provocateur to make the anti-war movement look bad.