Originally Posted by
Grillparzer
A bomb on or in a bicycle isn't an unimaginable danger. They've been used in Ireland, Russia, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan, the last time I'm aware of was in August in Iraq. In March 2008, a bicycle bomb exploded in front of the U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Times Square in New York City.
Can you give links to the Ireland and Russia bike bomb stories? Your description of the Times Sq incident is incorrect - the guy rode up on a bike, chucked a tiny pipe bomb that barely broke a window and then rode off again. It wasn't a bike bomb.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_6...Square_bombing