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This is a copy and paste from the Jawa Report. I thought some of you might find it interesting.

Simple error averted Times Square tragedy
While the leftist media continues their "no Islamic terrorism to see here" spin, details in the 10 page complaint against Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad show how close NYC came to tragedy last Saturday.

The ignition source used by Shahzad were 152 M-88 firecrackers, which contain less than 50mg of black powder (no more than your typical firecracker). What he probably intended to purchase were M-80s, which contain up to 3g of black powder. These have been illegal to purchase since the mid-1970s, but are available on many Indian reservations, including those in NY. Had Shahzad committed to a little more research, and had he been able to use M-80s instead of M-88s, we wouldn't be talking today about his competence as a terrorist. They would still be scraping body parts off of Times Square.

My NYPD sources have been quick to stress that Shahzad had clearly been trained. For instance, would an amateur:

- Use a throw away phone (which he stopped using several days before the attack)
- Purchase a car in cash and never give his name
- Remove the visible VINS from the car
- Use stolen plates
- Never be identified during pre-surveillance
- Escape Times Square without notice
- Escape FBI surveillance
- Have an unknown car parked near his house in case he needed to escape (which he used to drive to the airport, different than the Isuzu he used for the getaway)

These are all standard counter-surveillance measures that show his training. Phone calls received from Pakistan on his pre-paid cell phone showing overseas coordination. Much like the underwear bomber on Christmas Day, we dodged a serious bullet here. But our national security strategy needs to be more than blind luck, t-shirt vendors and Dutch independent filmmakers.