Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who said on Sunday that the attack did not appear to have a link to international terrorism, said new evidence might change that thinking. “I would not be surprised if we did have a foreign connection to the act.”
Hey, neither would I, Andy.
“Ahmad Khan Rahami Is Arrested in Manhattan and New Jersey Bombings,” by Marc Santora, William K. Rashbaum and Al Baker, New York Times, September 19, 2016:
The man believed to be responsible for the explosion in Manhattan on Saturday night and an earlier bombing in New Jersey, Ahmad Khan Rahami, was taken into custody on Monday after he was wounded by gunfire in an encounter with the police, according to law enforcement officials.
The dramatic episode on a rain-soaked street in Linden, N.J., came after the police issued a cellphone alert to millions of residents in the area telling them to be on the lookout for the suspect, who was described as “armed and dangerous.”
Photos from the scene showed a man believed to be Mr. Rahami laying on the sidewalk, hands cuffed behind his back and his shirt pulled up exposing his stomach and chest, with a police officer standing over him.
Witnesses said they saw police shoot at a man who was running away. One person who was too rattled to give his name said the victim appeared to have been shot more than once and was “still twitching.”
He also said it appeared a police officer was shot.
“Lotta’ lotta’ gunfire,” said Derek Pelligra, manager of Linden Auto Body.
Mr. Rahami, 28, was identified on surveillance video planting the bombs in Chelsea, both the device that exploded and another that did not detonate a few blocks away. He was described as a naturalized citizen of Afghan descent who had been living with his family in Elizabeth, N.J.
It remained unclear there were other suspects who the police were searching for in the connection with the bombing.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who said on Sunday that the attack did not appear to have a link to international terrorism, said new evidence might change that thinking.
“I would not be surprised if we did have a foreign connection to the act,” he said on CNN on Monday morning….

mgoldberg says
Things that you can guarentee will promptly occur:
1.call by Obama, Hillary and the dems for gun control
2.call by Obama, Hillary for more immigrants from Syria
3.call for everyone to not engage in Islamophobia because that would be racist.
Alien Republican says
Better start with naturalization control.
jihad3tracker says
Yes, the Left cannot stop risking the lives of everyone in America and urging us to shut up about Islamoreality. But here is one fact that just maybe perhaps might possibly counter such a trend:
HE HAS THE PERFECT MUZZIE BEARD AND A MUG SHOT WILL SHOW THAT. Also, remember that he will be in custody for a while with processing, preliminary motions & finding an attorney.
Then an actual trial is MONTHS AWAY in a case like this involving major federal terrorism charges, SO THE BEARD MAY GET LONGER, if he is a fully-devout admirer of Muhammad.
An ideal poster boy for that sick death cult which is increasingly referred to as The Religion Of Ending Up In Pieces.
miriamrove says
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-37403677
Look at this PC video. m
PRCS says
It goes on and on, doesn’t it?
When will “journalists” ask Muslims in America if their religion teaches anything that conflicts with the U.S.Constitution and our laws, and if those teachings Islamic supremacism, or hatred of “unbelievers”?
billybob says
Exactly. There needs to be a dialog. As it stands, the Muslims appear oblivious. Why the anti-Islam rhetoric they ask? Why the discrimination just because of their religion? I find those questions suspicious. Are they as ignorant of why we suspect them as they pretend? They need to know exactly what our concerns are, carefully and clearly spelled out, over and over and over again…
Your prophet was a gangster! A rapist! A pervert. A warmonger. A murderer! They need to hear that in a non-threatening, matter of fact voice. “We love you but we don’t love your prophet!” We aren’t anti-immigrant. We aren’t racists. We don’t care where you come from. We just can’t accept your religion. We will not accept your religion. It is antithetical to all the principals we hold dear.
Westman says
What a whinefest. As Sam Harris put it, “Islam is the motherload of bad ideas”. Somehow we are required to respect the ideology that inspires jihad terrorists. Then we’re told that if we alienate the followers of that supremist ideology by not accepting its demands and respect the religion, that there will be more radicalized young Muslims.
Weird isn’t it? The message: “we’re not radicals but if you don’t respect our religion, our religion will cause radicals to terrorize you”.
Since the Muslim community won’t stop the jihadists, and many actually encourage them, then bring on your young radicals and let’s get them out of the way so they won’t embarass Islam anymore and we’ll then have confidence the remaining Muslims want peace and integration more than Da’wa mixed with jihad.
jihad3tracker says
HE IS ALIVE — THANK OUR LUCKY STARS AND FBI QUICK LEGWORK.
BUT NOW THINGS WILL GET REALLY INTERESTING — WITH THE INEVITABLE CLAIMS OF VICTIMHOOD (THAT LAWSUIT ROBERT POSTED ABOUT).
ALSO THIS IS GREAT TIMING FOR TRUMP + HILLARY’S ASS MIGHT FINALLY GET THE REAMING IT SO TRULY DESERVES.
PRCS says
Would that be by a machine, or will some poor sap have to take that for action?
jihad3tracker says
Hello again PRCS —
My guess is that her very unfortunate vice-presidential guy (Tim Kaine) temporarily ditched the security detail, quickly visiting a hardware store to buy a hand-powered augur. In the basement of Hillary’s campaign headquarters, as he starts a 3 minute “torsional tension adjustment”, a discreetly low voice whispers:
“You stupid b*tch! I was on my way to be the top 2020 Democrat moderate candidate! Now that religion you admire so much vomits up this New York sh*tbag! I’m going down in the flames of a crashing plane without parachute!”
PRCS says
I’ll keep my eyes open for relevant reports.
miriamrove says
Tens of millions of our federal taxes are going to be wasted defending this DB. m
billybob says
It may be well worth it if through him, we can put Islam on trial at the same time.
I am so looking forward to some high-profile court case that does just that. Like, if I had a group of lawyers behind me, and I commit some very carefully crafted act of “hate speech” and am charged and tried where I get to explain what I said was based on the fundamental texts of Islam… You get my drift.
I would like to see a suite against schools that teach a false, sanitized view of Islam as a peaceful religion much like any other.
I would like to see CAIR try to shut down JihadWatch as they have threatened to, and it go to trial and Robert carefully explaining in court how he simply quotes verses from the Quran and Hadiths in context to explain Islam, and show that it is those verses in themselves that are hateful. Of course I would expect him to win hands down.
Why haven’t we seen anything like this yet, anyhow?
Champ says
Photos from the scene showed a man believed to be Mr. Rahami laying on the sidewalk, hands cuffed behind his back and his shirt pulled up exposing his stomach and chest,
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Ew!
Martin says
Thanks for the explanation. I thought it was a beached whale. 🙂
Champ says
Seeing this beached whale (lol!) being arrested *is* a welcome sight …however I would prefer that he were lying there in a body bag.
Dan says
A New York police officer shot?
Already the lies start because…
Isn’t it illegal for ordinary citizens to carry unlocked guns in public.
Even if they legally own them?
And I’m definitely sure it’s illegal to shoot at the police, so…
sog says
It depends. I don’t believe it’s against Sharia. Therefore it’s all OK depending upon whether or not you’re a true La-La following Muslim, or a piggie Christian, Jew, or Zoroastrian, Hindu, Buddhist, or really anything peaceful or anything that would advocate the golden rule. You gotta do what you gotta do to spread the word of La-La.
Vic B says
At 5’6″ and 200 lbs, this POS jihadi must’ve scarfed down an awful lot of that halal fried chicken his family hawks in NJ. Hopefully he’ll die of a heart attack any day now…save taxpayers a lot of money.
Tommy says
Water-board the bastard. Give him a bath!
sog says
If the “good person” to “Jihadi” ratio on Syrian Muslim immigrants is ten to three, then clearly we’re better off getting as many Syrian immigrants in as possible!
I’m of course joking, but the logic of the argument seems to me to be very “social justice” like. If I see this argument on CNN I’m *NOT* going to claim credit, but I will feel humorously self satisfied. .
Malcolm (SouthAfria) says
Good work, from the police and public.
Hopefully Hillary was not referring to them, as the “basket of deplorables.
Angemon says
The IRA? ETA? The Red Brigades? The Khmer Rouge? The Tamil Tigers? La Raza? Colombian drug cartels? Chinese triads? The Japanaze Yakuza? The Russian Mafias? “Foreign” is a big (and misleading) place there, Andy-boy – you’re going to have to narrow it down a bit.
David Scoltock says
Thanks to 9/11 the IRA are no longer an issue. Americans woke up that day and realised that terrorism is actualy bad and stopped supporting the Irish murderers.
commonsense says
Heard this one before? A TV reporter, I believe from Fox News (not sure, wasn’t watching, just listening) described the surprised reactions from local residents who were acquainted with Rahami and his family. These locals expressed astonishment that Rahami could be a terrorist, as they considered him to be as (outwardly) American as could be, along with his fried-chicken- purveying family members. Sound familiar?
mohamonator says
Soon, (although not soon enough) he will be contemplating the wonders of jihad from within his very own 7 x 12 meditation space at ADX Florence supermax prison in Colorado. I hear the halal fried chicken there is to die for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence
Mong says
Soon, the once free people of the west will be contemplating Islamic norms because our leaders are imposing them on us. Western politicians, like all politicians, are in love with power and Islam is a fantastically effective system of control. Why do you think we’re no longer allowed to speak our minds about this and criticism of said religion is prohibited? Do you believe that western leaders are genuinely ignorant to the dangers of mass Muslim immigration or do you think that they’re selling us a narrative, criminalising criticism of said narrative and watching as we get killed because that’s a price worth paying in the realisation of whatever sinister ambitions they have? This may sound like wild conspiracy theory but I cannot accept that Clinton etc. are ignorant to the reality of this situation. Watch what she does to America if elected, you’ll have the problems of Europe in next to no time and are we supposed to believe that she didn’t see it coming??
Banislam says
Now he’ll lawyer up, shut up and tax payers will pay for his time in prison as he radicalizes more idiots in prison. Nothing will change. Let’s not all blame all the moslems. Was just one crazy right? CAIR will come out and make up stories about pislamophobia, Obama will continue flooding the country with more of his buddies and we’ll all just wait around for the next planter or garbage can to explode. Fed up. Same thing happening everywhere. They dare not offend the moslems. Vote Trump!
Sam says
Has anyone at JW figure out the motive behind this “violent” behavior yet? Just wondering…..
aDhimmiSaysWhat? says
Well, he worked at a chicken restaurant. So the motive is clearly related to chicken, or related food sources.
Martin says
LOL. He’s Muslim. Violent behaviour is written in to his DNA.
David Scoltock says
What has religion to do with DNA?
billybob says
Actually, it’s not clear yet. I read that he and his father and friends didn’t get along with the people in the neighbourhood. These latter filed several complaints about late night noise coming from the restaurant, and people from there trespassing and urinating in their backyards. Finally the city told the restaurant they had to close at 10:00 pm. Then the police had to come by a few times and cite them for violating that order.
So there is that, and the odd, out of the way place he stuck his bombs. In a dumpster in a out of way corner of the neighbourhood instead of Time Square or a shopping mall or anywhere there may be substantial traffic? It doesn’t make any sense to me yet. Also, the very notion of making a anti-personal bomb full of ball bearings, then sticking it in a thick steel dumpster that will certainly prevent those same from flying free… I would be cautious before I jump to conclusions on this one.
underbed cat says
The press/politicians want to verify “foreign connections” with finny names, when ever an “event done on purpose” occurs., as the events are occurring more rapidly….but still seem to get faint of heart to find the catalyst doctrine which unites and motivates. But apparently the police know thank goodness….
Chet McFetter says
Cultists Culting.
Michael Johnson says
The Muslims ain’t waiting for big attacks no more they are just attacking any way they want and can western hemisphere better wake up Israel is not asleep they see the threat why can’t we
, steve1 says
Fantastic job by NYPD, Law Enforcement and First Responders.
Prayers for those injured by the Radical Islamic Terrorists.
We desperately need new leadership to Make America Safe Again.
Donald Trump and Mike Pence understand the threats that face America.
HILLARY WANTS TO BE AMERICA`S ANGELA MERKEL-Donald Trump
abad says
Good.
Now deport his sorry butt back to Syria and prohibit him from entering the United States ever again.
Muslims. They’re all alike.
username77 says
Bail has been set at $5.2 million. At least one report I’ve read suggests the family owns more than one restaurant, so it is not inconceivable that bail will be posted. Are they planning on releasing him, and allowing him to “disappear” like the Orlando terrorist’s wife?
Madeleine says
What a damn shame all around for the innocents harmed by the bombs and for this young man who was granted everything, that is US Citizenship.
AformerMuslim says
Doesn’t it say in Qur’an 9:123—’O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness’?
A Former Muslim
http://www.aformermuslim.com
citycat says
If he has any humanity there must be a part of him that does not want to follow the Qur’an and murder infidels.
That conditioning from the Qur’an must be very deep and should be looked at.
But the untouchable Allah can’t be questioned.
I don’t know if i’m right but apostate Muslims seem to be more evolved, in a human/moral way, i’ve noticed.
Maybe that gets crushed since birth.
All these attacks are like on the edge of Islam.
The danger is within infidel lands already.
I don’t know any way of dealing with it that is not a too radically major dream like enmasse apostasy, and that is not eventually civil war as the numbers grow.
TruthWFree says
This is their allah god calling them to kill for him. There is no doubt in my mind that the allah god is Satan and that Satan is able to get control of these individuals and deceive them into killing for him. I am a Christian and if you read the Gospels you will know that Jesus Christ drove out demons from people. I cannot accept the modern day explanation that these people had mental issues. If Jesus Christ knew there were demons possessing people, then I believe it. We have to convince the majority of Muslims that their allah god is Satan and leave Islam for Jesus Christ, the only way to the Father.
Baucent says
It was completely irresponsible and unprofessional for Cuomo to be giving an opinion about whether there was an “international link” when they didn’t even have a suspect. It was politics at it’s worst.
Kay says
Meanwhile, this attack and the attack in Minnesota are already off the MSM headlines. On to . . . Jon Benet (current news for sure).
Paul Clark says
Any idiot would of known immediately that it was the work of Muslims, except democrats, BLM and Bernieites. The socialist mayor and the socialist governor knew. They would not respond because they are politically correct and are the moral cowards that was elected by a bunch of politically correct dumb ass New Yorkers.
Paul Clark says
Where are the Christians?
TruthWFree says
These people need to be turned over to an exorcist if taken alive like this guy. The allah god is Satan as far as I am concerned and these killers and most Islamic imams are demon possessed by their allah god, AKA Satan, not to mention the leaders of CAIR and ISNA and the Muslim Brotherhood.