NYC explosion - terror related - suspect apprehended (1 Viewer)

[Saint_Ward]

I was shocked no one started anything on this. So, here goes.

Akayed Ullah: What we know about Port Authority attack suspect - CNN

It looks like only a few people were injured. The attacker is 27 years old and from Bangladesh, not sure if he immigrated or was born here.

-- Ullah held a New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission for-hire vehicle driver's license from March 2012 through March 2015, NYC TLC Deputy Commissioner for Public Affairs Allan J. Fromberg said in a statement to CNN.
-- That license lapsed and was not renewed in March of 2015, Fromberg said.
-- Ullah was not licensed to drive a NYC yellow taxi, he said.
-- "As taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers are independent contractors and not employees, I have no way of knowing whether he drove for any particular base, or whether he simply got the license but didn't drive at all," Fromberg said. "That said, since he held an FHV license, if in fact he did drive, we do know that it could not have been a yellow taxi."

Possible motive
-- Recent Israeli actions in Gaza compelled Ullah to carry out the attack, a law enforcement source said. The suspect was upset, in his words, with the "incursion into Gaza," the source said, but did not elaborate on what incursion he may have been alluding to. Israel launched airstrikes this weekend against what it said were Hamas targets in Gaza after several rockets were fired out of Gaza towards Israel. This came amid widespread protests over President Trump's move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
-- Asked if the suspect claimed connection to ISIS, O'Neill told reporters that "he did make statements" but refrained from disclosing what he said.
-- Authorities are conducting background checks on Ullah.

White House claims Trump's policies could have prevented NYC attack - CNNPolitics

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

he came here 7 years ago on a family visa, so no, Trump's policy would have no effect

and of course, in any normal discussion Trump/Sander's claim would open them up to all sorts of "wouldn't the same argument apply to Gun restrictions? pipeline access denials? open access to healthcare, etc etc"

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

also, i haven't heard the details, but how was he 'apprehended"? did he survive a bomb exploding that was attached to his body?

 

[saint-58]

also, i haven't heard the details, but how was he 'apprehended"? did he survive a bomb exploding that was attached to his body?

Not trying to be funny, but IMO he was a really bad bomb maker. That's how he got caught.

 

[RazorSaint]

he came here 7 years ago on a family visa, so no, Trump's policy would have no effect

and of course, in any normal discussion Trump/Sander's claim would open them up to all sorts of "wouldn't the same argument apply to Gun restrictions? pipeline access denials? open access to healthcare, etc etc"

He's also Bangladeshi which isn't included in the travel ban.

 

[Saint_Ward]

He's also Bangladeshi which isn't included in the travel ban.

Did you guys just look at the headline?

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders argued that Ullah would not have been in the US if Trump's preferred immigration policy were implemented.
"We know that the President's policy calls for an end to chain migration, which is what this individual came to the United States through, and had his policy been in place, then that attacker would not have been allowed to come into the country," Sanders

It's still a silly point though. Like, extended family is a real threat... well, maybe on the holidays.

 

[IntenseSaint]

So glad most of these loners are such idiots. Somebody with half a brain could have done some real carnage there.

 

[Bayouboy]

Meh....move on. No big story here.