[sanjuro]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/nyregion/22terror.html?_r=1&hp

N.Y. Bomb Plot Suspects Acted Alone, Police Say
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ and SEWELL CHAN
The four men arrested Wednesday night in what the authorities said was a plot to bomb two synagogues in the Bronx and shoot down military planes at an Air National Guard base in Newburgh, N.Y. were petty criminals who appeared to be acting alone, not in concert with any terrorist organization, the New York City police commissioner said Thursday.

The men were arrested in an elaborate sting operation at around 9 p.m. on Wednesday after planting what they believed to be bombs in cars outside the Riverdale Temple, a Reform synagogue, and the nearby Riverdale Jewish Center, an Orthodox synagogue. Once the explosives were planted, the men planned to drive to the National Guard base to shoot down military aircraft with a Stinger surface-to-air missile while detonating the bombs with a remote device.

 

[Westy]

Petty criminals often carry stinger surface to air missles.

 

[dante]

Petty criminals often carry stinger surface to air missles.

Petty criminals attempt to buy stingers from people who turn out to be undercover federal agents who in turn sell them non-functional movie props before watching them try to use them and hauling them off to jail.

 

[Silver]

That's a stupid way to foil a terrorist plot. Why didn't we toss a laser guided bomb into the town where they lived?

If it's good enough for an Afghani family, it should be good enough for a New York family, right?

 

[Westy]

Petty criminals attempt to buy stingers from people who turn out to be undercover federal agents who in turn sell them non-functional movie props before watching them try to use them and hauling them off to jail.

Whenever I buy something I make the seller do a line or shoot something down themselves. Does a good job vetting the fakes.

 

[ohio]

Do a line, like from a script? I'd use Heat if I were you. You can't fake that.

Van Zant: Who are you?
Waingro: Waingro. My name's Waingro.
Van Zant: I've been living in the office day and night, how well do you know him?
Waingro: Oh, we took some major scores together.
Van Zant: How come I haven't heard from him?
Waingro: Well, he's probably busy right now. But he's real thorough. He ain't gon' forget about you.
Van Zant: Oh that's reassuring.