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Times Square Recruiting Station Bombed!

The anti-war movement exposed itself as anything but a peace movement early this morning as one of their apparent sympathizers bombed the historic recruiting station in Manhattan’s Times Square:

NEW YORK — Authorities in New York City are looking for the culprit who set off a rudimentary explosive device in Times Square early Thursday, with one witness describing a hooded man on a bicycle wearing a backpack and acting suspiciously just before the blast at a military recruiting center.

New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said an ammunition box was found at the scene.

“This was not a particularly sophisticated device,” he said during a news conference in Times Square Thursday.

Kelly said police were talking to a witness who was in the area shortly before the 3:45 a.m. explosion. The witness described a male bicyclist wearing a hood, dark clothing and a backpack and acting strangely — but didn’t see the man’s face.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said no one has come forward to report seeing a suspect plant a bomb, and no one so far has spoken of witnessing the device going off. He said authorities were in the process of reviewing all the security camera footage.

The blast occurred when an explosive device detonated, causing minor damage to the recruiting station in Times Square — an area that is heavily populated with New York City tourists. Hotel guests were shaken by the force in their rooms high above the scene. No one was injured, but the station’s glass entryway was shattered.

The Homeland Security department said there was no sign of an “imminent threat” to the United States in the blast that tore through an empty military recruiting station in Times Square, according to Reuters.

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