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Authorities insist men who took NYC jihadi’s unexploded bomb out of suitcase “Egyptian tourists” who have returned home

Sep 29, 2016 10:06 am By Robert Spencer

“The NYPD insists they are being sought only for questioning, and officials said Wednesday the men are considered witnesses, not suspects.”

What a coincidence! Two men from an overwhelmingly Muslim country just happen to discover — totally by accident! — a bomb left on a New York City street by an Islamic jihadist. They just happen — what a coincidence! — to remove the bomb from the bag and leave with the bag, almost as if they were dropping the bomb at its intended explosion point. And then — what a coincidence! — they have left the country and can’t serve as “witnesses.”

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“Two men who took unexploded bomb out of suitcase identified,” by Jamie Schram and Chris Perez, New York Post, September 28, 2016:

The two men who found the unexploded pressure cooker bomb in Chelsea are reportedly believed to be Egyptian tourists who have since returned to their homeland.

Authorities had been trying to track them down since they were caught on surveillance video on West 27th Street removing the device from a duffel bag and then leaving with the bag on Sept. 17.

Law-enforcement sources told The Post that investigators had identified the pair, but wouldn’t release their names.

The men are believed to be employees of an Egyptian airline, according to ABC News.

The NYPD insists they are being sought only for questioning, and officials said Wednesday the men are considered witnesses, not suspects.

According to USA Today, both had failed to make themselves known to authorities after the FBI released a formal alert Sept. 21 — four days after Ahmad Khan Rahami allegedly detonated a bomb on West 23rd Street, injuring 31 people….

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  1. gravenimage says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 10:16 am

    Authorities insist men who took NYC jihadi’s unexploded bomb out of suitcase “Egyptian tourists” who have returned home
    ……………………….

    These guys just *happened to be Muslims*? G’wan–pull the other one!

    What fools these dhimmis be…

    • Keys says

      Sep 29, 2016 at 10:25 am

      Unemployed mentally ill Muslim tourists who needed a duffel bag, but not a pressure cooker.

      We have a photo; they flew here or sailed here as tourists with IDs or passports, but we can not find out who they are. Ya, maybe they came across the Mexican border on an illegal touring vacation.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 29, 2016 at 10:31 am

        Yes–this is theater of the absurd.

      • Jay Boo says

        Sep 29, 2016 at 10:52 am

        Are they Muslim? — Quite possible

        1 They are believed to be from:
        — an overwhelmingly Muslim country of Egypt.

        2 Authorities refuse to release (their names).

        • Carmel says

          Sep 30, 2016 at 5:44 am

          They should be invited to White House for their scientific interest like Clockmed.

  2. Keys says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 10:18 am

    Maybe El-Sisi can identify them and “follow” them to the rat hole and destroy the whole nest.

    Probably a couple of Copts – that violent cult destroying Egypt. [sarc]

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 29, 2016 at 9:38 pm

      I’m afraid al-Sisi is not really particularly anti-terrorist unless they are specifically targeting Egypt itself. He is less bad than the Muslim Brotherhood–but he is still a Muslim.

    • Polk1970 says

      Sep 29, 2016 at 11:19 pm

      These 2 are likely Muslim Brotherhood,which then opens the question of whether the Muslim Brotherhood did NY/NJ Bombs??

  3. berserker says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 10:23 am

    What can I say other than ‘Allahu Snackbar’? Allah has truly addled the minds of the Dhimmis.

  4. Don McKellar says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 10:38 am

    It’s too bad that they went home so quickly — the dhimmi mayor of NY is about to hold a celebration in their honor as moslems: “the protected class”.

    • Don McKellar says

      Sep 29, 2016 at 10:43 am

      My mistake. I just looked up and Muslim Parade Day was Sept 25th. Two weeks after the Sept 11th remembrance, here’s the dhimmi mayor of New York honoring all the precious moslems. Will every Sept 11th be followed by a Muslim Parade Day two weeks later? Insane.

      • Seabird says

        Sep 29, 2016 at 12:20 pm

        It comes a day after Sept 24th’s Infidel Parade Day to honor all the contributions we’ve made to the Country. Kafir Pride Day is on the 25th-let them try to stop it.
        At this point you can’t believe anything from the Guvmint or even the FBI.
        These guys started out as “scavengers” (who would have taken the bomb and the suitcase) and now they’re tourists-who just flew off to Egypt.
        Their return flight just happened to be an hour after they “found” the bomb.

      • Michael says

        Sep 30, 2016 at 2:50 am

        I was sitting in Battery park on the 25th and I saw Lady Liberty shaking her head. Then I heard her say, “Well, that’s about all folks”.
        Then she dropped her torch into the harbor.
        Should we be worried?

  5. August West says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 10:45 am

    It has to be coincidence because if it were not, then the bomber would not be a crazy lone wolf. Instead he would be part of a terror cell.

    We can’t have that.

  6. JawsV says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 10:46 am

    I surmise that Robert is skeptical of the “NYPD officials.”

    Yes, what a coincidence 2 Muslims came along…

  7. Rosewood11 says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 11:28 am

    Yeah, right!!! I know if I ever go to a foreign country, the first thing I’m going to do is go walking around a big city, looking through people’s trash for “free souvenirs”–especially pots and pans!!! How stupid do you think the American people are!?!

  8. Jaci G says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 11:44 am

    There was a story yesterday that said these 2 middle eastern men were Egyptian civilian pilots. http://abc7ny.com/news/fbi-ids-2-men-who-removed-west-27th-street-bomb-from-luggage/1530596/

    That bag they these 2 guys recovered is very, very distinct. We’re not stupid, and this whole things stinks of a cover up, and a much larger cell involved in these terror attacks. If these bombs had gone off as they were intended to, they’re would be a great many dead innocent people. NYPD, it’s not going to work – these guys already know why they’re being sought, so stop saying you just want to talk to them as witnesses. They’re not falling for it, and neither are we.

  9. 762x51FMJ says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 1:17 pm

    Duffel bag delivered, Two guys remove pressure cooker and activate it and take duffel bag with cash and return tickets and head to airport. Simple and easy to understand..

  10. Angemon says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 2:08 pm

    The men are believed to be employees of an Egyptian airline, according to ABC News.

    What, they figured out they couldn’t blow up a plane so resorted to plan B?

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 29, 2016 at 9:47 pm

      Pilots?

      • Ashley says

        Sep 30, 2016 at 2:03 pm

        Possibly Graven. One account described the piece of “luggage” as an airline tote bag.

        These men did not “stumble” upon this bag and decide to remove the IED to make off with a cheap tote. I strongly believe they were accomplices…

        My guess is that they’re employed with an Egyptian airline as “baggage handlers”. 😉

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 30, 2016 at 2:23 pm

        I think they were accomplices, as well. The likelihood of Muslims just happening to innocently stumble on to a bag used in a Jihad terror plot–in a nation where Muslims make up much less than 1% of the population–just strains credulity.

        By the way, this story identifies them as pilots:

        “However, though the two men are not currently in custody, the FBI reportedly knows who they are and their whereabouts. Law enforcement officials say they are Egyptian pilots and are presumed to have returned to Egypt…”

        http://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2016/09/29/the-two-suspects-in-the-chelsea-bombing-flew-back-to-egypt-n2224933

        Needless to say, the FBI “knowing where they are” does us no good if that is back in Dar-al-Islam.

        I like your “baggage handler” joke. But all too many baggage handlers in Western airports are Mohammedans. I keep waiting for one of them to load a bomb on a plane here.

        • Tom Davis says

          Sep 30, 2016 at 11:19 pm

          graven…

          Muslims may be 1% of the U.S. population, but they are much more represented in NYC. About 10% of NYC public school students are Muslim, so the adult population must be near that.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 30, 2016 at 2:26 pm

        Also, while there are lots of people in New York City who might walk off with an unattended bag, the idea that this would include airline pilots–even foreign ones–strains credulity again. I’ve also heard the bag itself described as an airline bag, which makes it even more likely they were involved.

  11. Jaci G says

    Sep 29, 2016 at 3:43 pm

    Well, maybe not ALL of the authorities think these 2 middle easterners are not involved. From the article:
    ‘Who in this world finds a pressure cooker with a phone and just takes the bag?’ a law enforcement source told DNA Info.” Who indeed.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3812253/FBI-identifies-men-carrying-suitcase-undetonated-pressure-cooker-bomb-left-chicken-shop-terrorist.html#ixzz4LfwbTme7

    And the terrorists’ lying father, who insisted that he told the FBI about his “concerns” about his son, (FBI says he did NOT notify them), says his son acted alone. Meanwhile, the mother and brother are “detained” in Afghanistan. Now why would these refugees to the U.S., asylum seekers from Afghanistan, fly to Afghanistan? Terror cell.

  12. particolor says

    Sep 30, 2016 at 4:55 am

    Great reading now in the Media .. Perpetrators are “Victims”
    And now Suspects are “Witnesses ”
    When will the Muslim Murderers be “Misled Individuals” ?

  13. Sam says

    Sep 30, 2016 at 10:15 am

    We should investigate, ivestigate and investigate these muslims until they kill us again. Then we investigate, investigate, investigate again and they kill us again.

    Still liberals would not listen to me when I want to talk about the cult Islam. Such ignorance with so much evidence and information about Islam has never happened in the history I am sure. So difficult to get optimistic about freedom in America.

  14. linnte says

    Sep 30, 2016 at 11:37 am

    In surmise that they could possibly be “checking up” on the work of the new recruit. It is typical gang behavior that has well established members make sure the new guy does his job as ordered. It’s kinda like a grocery store manager going around putting different items onto the wrong shelves to see if the newly hired shelf stocker is paying attention to detail, picks up the misplaced items and returns them to their correct shelf.

    jmo.

  15. Crusades Were Right! says

    Sep 30, 2016 at 1:39 pm

    I suspect it’s probably the done thing for jihadis to apply for a tourist visa in order to enter the country they are at war with.

    As far as I know, “Jihad Visa” isn’t a recognized visa category in any (Western) country.

    ; ¬)

    • Crusades Were Right! says

      Sep 30, 2016 at 1:40 pm

      Not yet!

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