18-Wheel Surprise

Why the NYPD heavily publicizes foiled terror plots.

By Christopher Dickey | Newsweek Web Exclusive
May 21, 2009 | Updated: 4:46  p.m. ET May 21, 2009

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  • Posted By: hlmelsaid @ 05/29/2009 1:08:14 PM

    the islam,our prophet(peace be upon him)had order the muslims to create a peaceful relations with the other religions,especially the jews,the christians,and our prophet(peace be upon him) forbid the muslims from attacking the innocent civilians,when our prophet(peace be upon him) had enforce to fight his recent jews,eastern christians when the tried,insist to fight,kill him,his companions,AND THEY HAD KILL ANY ONE OF THEIR CITIZENS BELIEVE THE ISLAM.

  • Posted By: hlmelsaid @ 05/29/2009 1:00:12 PM

    the islam refuse,hate the terrorists who attack the innocent people at u.s.a,or at any where.

  • Posted By: BloodofPatriots @ 05/28/2009 10:28:18 AM

    To TheRight,

    Did we just read the same story? It seems pretty clear that the patriot act had *nothing* to do with protecting America from these stooges. Rather, it was the conscious of informants from inside their own organizations that brought them down.

    I think you need to work on your reading comprehension skills.

    • Posted By: BloodofPatriots @ 05/28/2009 10:29:25 AM

      "Conscience". My bad.

  • Posted By: BOFORCE @ 05/22/2009 10:58:54 PM

    The round-up of patsies in the FBI/police-provoked "synagogue bomb plot" (the ersatz weapons and explosives were, as per usual, furnished by the cops themselves), is only the latest Zionist publicity coup, timed to coincide with the hyping of the Iranian missile launch, the visit of assassin-master Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu to the White House.

  • Posted By: boom shaka @ 05/22/2009 9:32:30 AM

    A terror plot foiled?

    But I thought Obama made is LESS SAFE????

    Guess not!

    Regards,

    BS

    • Posted By: mac101 @ 05/22/2009 2:17:15 PM

      As much as I believe Obama's policies are keeping us safer, this particular foiled plot has nothing to do with Obama, and everything to do with the NYPD and the FBI - and their ability to exploit the idiocy of the conspirators.

      American law enforcement at it's best - nobody does it better.

  • Posted By: tyler214 @ 05/22/2009 9:06:32 AM

    One has to wonder how far these amateur plots would go without the "help" of the informant. Would they get actual explosives and missiles on their own, like Timothy McVey, or would their plot amount to nothing more than angry talk at the mosque or in a bar.?

    • Posted By: greymatter @ 05/22/2009 10:22:27 AM

      where there is a will there is a way. if not for the help of the informants, they would probably find what they need elsewhere and be able to carry it out. angry chit chat in bars does not willingly enlist others to help in terrorist actions.

  • Posted By: QITAM @ 05/22/2009 4:50:00 AM

    I DONT SEE WHY BOMB A SYNAGOGUE. IF THIS STORY IS TRUE. IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE AT ALL. REASON :- IF AMERICAN FORCES WERE KILLING CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN, IT WOULD HAV BEEN SENSIBLE SOME1 TO ATTACK THE PENTAGON OR STATE DEPARTMENT OR A MILLITARY BASE FOR THAT MATTER. BCOZ MILITARY PERSONNEL AND WAR PLANNERS ARE BASED. BUT A SYNAGOGUE!!!!!!!! I DONT SEE ANY LOGICAL REASON IN IT. A SYNAGOGUE IS A PLACE OF WARSHIP FOR JEWS. UNLESS THERE IS A MOTIVE BY THE NEOCONS ATTACHED TO THIS WHOLE EPISODE. WATCH THE SPACE..................................

    • Posted By: boom shaka @ 05/22/2009 9:36:31 AM

      "BUT A SYNAGOGUE!!!!!!!! I DONT SEE ANY LOGICAL REASON IN IT. A SYNAGOGUE IS A PLACE OF WARSHIP FOR JEWS."

      I don't suppose it could have anything to do with that whole "death to Israel" thing....could it?

      Regards,

      BS

    • Posted By: boom shaka @ 05/22/2009 9:35:08 AM

  • Posted By: QITAM @ 05/22/2009 4:32:59 AM

    I DONT SEE WHY BOMB A SYNAGOGUE. IF THIS STORY IS TRUE. IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE AT ALL. REASON :- IF AMERICAN FORCES WERE KILLING CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN, IT WOULD HAV BEEN SENSIBLE SOME1 TO ATTACK THE PENTAGON OR STATE DEPARTMENT OR A MILLITARY BASE FOR THAT MATTER. BCOZ MILITARY PERSONNEL AND WAR PLANNERS ARE BASED. BUT A SYNAGOGUE!!!!!!!! I DONT SEE ANY LOGICAL REASON IN IT. A SYNAGOGUE IS A PLACE OF WARSHIP FOR JEWS. UNLESS THERE IS A MOTIVE BY THE NEOCONS ATTACHED TO THIS WHOLE EPISODE. WATCH THE SPACE..................................

  • Posted By: Fred Moolten @ 05/21/2009 9:54:16 PM

    There are valid reasons for publicizing these plots,, but I question the FBI's wisdom in revealing the detalls of how they were thwarted. Aspiring terrorists like these may not be too bright, but they can read, and one can imagine some already scribbling in their notebooks, "Don't buy Stinger missiles from the FBI". Ultimately, the details may come out in court, but those proceedings reach far fewer people than the audience reached by the news media at the time of the arrests.

    Fred Moolten

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