Las Vegas Sun

May 19, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Coverage of bomb failure aids next terrorist’s attempt

Another terrorist act and another lesson learned for the terrorists.

Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, made a clumsy effort to detonate a car bomb in New York’s Times Square a couple of weeks ago. Fortunately for us it failed, and through excellent law enforcement and civilian efforts, he was tracked down and arrested while attempting to board an Emirates airlines flight to Dubai.

I am appalled at the news coverage that has in great detail pointed out the mistakes he made in his failed attempt, which will enable others to succeed in inevitable future efforts by these criminal fanatics.

Why do we continually educate fanatics to do better next time?

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