Why not?
“NYC explosion: Suspect in custody after ‘terror-related incident’ in subway,” by Tom Winter, Jonathan Dienst, Kalhan Rosenblatt and Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, December 11, 2017:
A suspected terrorist detonated a potentially deadly “improvised low-tech explosive device” inside a New York City subway passageway during Monday morning rush hour, injuring himself and three other people and causing chaos at one of the city’s key traffic hubs.
The device went off in the 42nd Street passageway between 7th and 8th avenues, and the suspect, later identified as Akayed Ullah, 27, was taken into custody, NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said.
The incident happened at about 7:20 a.m. in the busy underground tunnel near both the Times Square subway station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, according to the Fire Department of New York.
Ullah was wearing a pipe bomb-based device that was affixed to his body with Velcro and zip ties, NYPD deputy commissioner John Miller said. Officials said Ullah was taken to Bellevue Hospital on Manhattan’s East Side with burns and other wounds.
Earlier, law enforcement officials told NBC News that the suspect was the only person hurt and that he had sustained a minor injury.
Ullah is a former taxi driver who was licensed from March 2012 to March 2015, according to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. No other information about his background was immediately available.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the explosion an “attempted terror attack” and said there were no additional known incidents.
“Thank God the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. Thank God our first responders were there so quickly to address the situation,” de Blasio said. He called the situation “incredibly unsettling” for New Yorkers, nearly 6 million of whom rely on the subway for their commutes every weekday.
Law enforcement officials said the device either went off prematurely or only partially detonated.
Former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton said preliminary information indicated that the explosion was carried out in the name of the Islamic State. O’Neill, the current commissioner, told reporters he couldn’t delve into an ISIS connection at this point.
“He did make statements, but we’re not going to talk about that right now,” O’Neill said….
Dum Spiro says
Why, you don’t want to incite racial hatred now, do you?
Or maybe they want to take some time to compare some notes with the Las Vegas police.
They’ll get to the bottom of this…
— Spero
StacyGirl says
Not now or EVER.
jihad3tracker says
THE NEW YORK JIHAD-DENIERS HAVE A HUUUUUUUUGE PROBLEM: Both the October 31 NYC bike path killer AND this subway guy today SURVIVED.
When they come to trial, their lawyers might keep them off the witness stand, but these devout Muslims COULD STILL YELL ALLEGIANCE TO ALLAH AND QUOTE FROM THE QUR’AN.
Such outbursts would shred the continuous bullsh*t coming from mayor Di Blasio along with NYC police & counter-terror “authorities”.
Carlos Danger says
They better yell while they have the chance in open court, before they disappear into an oubliette in the bowels of a super max federal pen.
Sam says
i got the “feeling” that this has noting to do with ISLAM. Again!!!!
David M says
Australian radio is reporting with a straight face New York authorities are searching for the motive.
Savvy Kafir says
“We’re not going to talk about that right now.”
It’s pretty funny to see the PC Police put it that way, in just those words. It’s perfect, really.
In fact, someone who’s more tech-savvy than myself should create a new Internet meme from that quote.
underbed cat says
When will California recognize jihadi fires…..too many….. in a state with lots of potential to have problems with the doctrine of jihad warfare.Are you sure you want sanctuary cities?This happens in Europe you can’t blame anyone else for their constant desire to erupt it is the ingredient of the book they read, the schools they have been weaned by that have been built in plain site. Clueless.
WorkingClassPost says
Yes, the fires are a bit like muslim terrorists in general.
Not every fire is started deliberately for allah, but we absolutely know that some are, and many have been; though most people are even more clueless about this, as if they won’t believe it until at least a dozen are caught doing it with IS flags flying, and even then…
Keys says
Gone with the wind, if you don’t address jihad now.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k4SGgRl14HY
mike9a says
So, next time when high-tech explosive device is used, they are going to talk about it? How is that relevant? Perhaps they should concentrate on low-tech ideology that has been used! An interesting ignoramus time we are witnessing daily.
Carlos Danger says
Get some chump like the guy today to light up a pipe bomb, then once the area is filled with first responders, touch off the military grade ordnance.
Custos Custodum says
James O’Neill serves at the pleasure of NYC mayor Warren Wilhelm aka “Bill de Blasio.”
It is de Blasio who does not want to talk about Islam, because de Blasio’s billionaire backers WANT to import even more terror and discord.
Voytek Gagalka says
Well, if they save us their usual bromides and lies about “religion of peace” (that this “incident” have absolutely nothing to do with Islam), then perhaps good that they keep their mouth shut. But I am certain that MSM and all high profiles “professors” will deluge us with their nonsense and soon. Be prepared for that!
CRUSADER says
Hey, there, New York: GET A CLUE !
Become exemplars of our common defense !
“…guardians of our safety insist that there is no fire, no fire at all. That fire is raging hotter than ever. It’s time we sound the alarm.” ( — Robert Spencer, from 2014 book “Arab Winter Comes to America”)
Well, it is now become a three alarm fire, each time this increases in frequency.
Does it take a Pearl Harbor moment? We have had an inkling already: 1993 WTC, 2001 WTC…
GET A CLUE NYC GET A CLUE should become the chant now….
WPM says
New York is lead by progressive morons the mayor de Blasio , the state of New York Governor Cuomo a pander to left wing idiots and the head of city council is a red commie.I live here you are right the Jihad Deniers are running the show we are in deep trouble. The head of city council wanted a Puerto Rican terrorist bomber {who was pardon by Obama} to lead the P.R. parade ,the governor has public said “New York has no room for political conservatives they should move out” and the mayor visited Germany to cheer on the rioters that were interrupting the meeting of the European leaders this summer.
StacyGirl says
They are getting what they vote for at every level of government
DFD says
“We’re not going to talk about that right now”
That sounds like a statement from the police in London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Cologne, Stockholm, Rome, Paris, Brussels – fill in the missing ones.
Strange, those coordinated sounding statements give to an equally coordinated sounding media… Ohhpppssss, FREE media, how could I forget!
Jim says
Neither are the police talking in Vegas.
Undaunted says
I cover this kind of chicken-shit police “leadership” in my book; Six-Actual: Why you need to be in charge – and how to do so – in these very dangerous days”, available on Amazon.
I point out many instances of misfeasance and malfeasance on the part of government “leaders”, how it endangers you and what to do about it.
Islamic Mirror says
waging violent jihad on Islamic grounds can bring blessings from Allah and not refutable:
• Would the Creator of our existence truly command that humans slaughter innocent souls to enter Paradise ? What do you think that says about Muhammad as a “prophet’ ?
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• Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and are killed; that is a promise binding upon Allah in the Torah, and the Gospel, and the Koran; and who fulfils his covenant truer than Allah? So rejoice in the bargain you have made with Him; that is the mighty triumph. (Quran 9:111)
• God hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur’an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than God? Then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme. Qur’an 9:111.
Surah 9:111 Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah , so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah ? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.
• “holy book” of Islam, the Qur ‘an. As in Sura. 9:111. which instructs “The believers fight in Allah’s Cause, the slay and are slain, they kill and are killed.’ Likewise
• would be rewarded by his bloodthirsty god, who promises Paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for him (Qur’an 9:111).
• on his death-bed, “I have been made victorious with TERROR” Quality seal: Sahih (i.e. ‘sound’, ‘reliable’) Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 220
Imagine a 10-year-old involved in suicide bombing and killing(killer allah 9:5, 111),
waging violent jihad against the unbelievers brings immediate admission to the Islamic paradise. See: Quran 9:111. Allah promises “the Garden” to those who “slay and are slain for Allah’s cause.” That’s the proof right there that Jihad = Entry to Islamic paradise
Book highly recommended: “Wholly Different” by Nonie Darwish (2017). Hardcover. A must-read!
a martyr can intercede for 70 his relatives and guarantee Paradise for them as well as him
cannot reason with Islamic fanatics as they have been brainwashed from childhood by not ISIS but by Koran, hadiths and mullahs, imams and their muslim friends.
This is what Islam teaches–that dying while waging violent Jihad guarantees access to paradise for both the Jihadist and for a large number of their family and friends.
In fact, it is the *only* thing that guarantees access to paradise–no amount of prayer, Zakat, or going on the Hadj does the trick.
And why is this? Because murdering Infidels is considered not just a good deed in Islam, but the best action any Muslim can take.
The Qur’an mentions the Houris at least five times, as in “We created the Houris and made them virgins, loving companions for those of the right hand” 56:36 Dawood; “They shall recline on couches lined with thick brocade, and within reach will hang the fruits of both gardens. … Therein are bashful virgins whom neither man nor jinnee will have touched (opening their hymens with sexual intercourse) before. … Virgins as fair as corals and rubies….” 55:54-58 Dawood. The number 72 comes from a hadith
StacyGirl says
IM- Faith and reason must intersect Doesn’t happen here. Always wishing your coreligionists peace and calling Allah all merciful are the TALK. Bombings, FGM, honor killings, lying and constant terror are the WALK.
Cheer Bear Girl says
Yes keeping the public in the dark is more important than public safety.
The NYPD Commissioner is a joke and a moron.
Islam and terror go together like peanut butter and jelly.
Norger says
The problem is that “we” won’t talk about “it” (I.e. Islam) ever. Instead we are fed nonsense from the likes of the NYT et al to the effect that this scumbag, like so many others, was “radicalized on-line” by that mysterious “internet Islam” that is somehow able to overcome all of the pacifist Islamic theology that has been drilled these poor young Muslim men ad infinitum at their peaceful local Saudi funded US mosque. Nothing to see here, as if any New Yorker might suddenly decide to strap a bomb to his body and detonate it in Times Square during rush hour….