QE2 Related Sub Was A "Turtle"

It appears that the submersible device found near the QE2 is what's referred to as a "turtle."

Turtle was the world's first submarine used in battle. It was invented in Connecticut in 1775 by David Bushnell and was created as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor.

This report identifies one of the individuals and claims no linkage to terrorism.

In the end, it turned out to be just a couple of guys fooling around with a historic replica - no link to terrorism whatsoever.

"File it under weird," Balboni said. "They appear to have put the sub in the water at Red Hook to see if it would float, and it got carried within the secured area by the current."

The Coast Guard responded to a report of a "semi-submersible device" in the water near the luxury liner off Pier 41 late Friday morning, said Petty Officer Seth Johnson.

The pedal-powered "turtle", a replica of a historic submersible vessel, was being towed by people in an inflatable rowboat.

Its owner was Philip Riley, of Brooklyn, the Coast Guard said.

Comments

[nowingker]

Wow, wow, wow, even Irish-American Brooklyn residents have been coopeted in the evil Islamofascist desire to re-establish the caliphate.

This was a dry run I tell you! A dry run! The terrorists are testing our defenses! They are lulling us into a false sense of security! Just like with the light box cartoons in Boston!

A dry run!

[bloodrage bob]

absolutely right!

oh, sure, muslims worldwide are calling for the destruction & murder of infidels; and, yes, they ARE actively engaged in the murder/genocide of non-muslims even as we speak; and, true, if a terrorist act takes place involving the murder of unarmed civilians - or, as at beslan, unarmed *schoolchildren* - if that happens, it's 99.9% certain that the perpetrators of this cowardly outrage WILL be muslims ....

but this one time - this one time in which there were no plans/explosives/weapons found - this one time, the guys caught *weren't* muslims.

so, obviously, what we NEED to do is just .... pay no attention to the fact that while not all muslims are terrorists, pretty much all terrorists ARE muslims! just ignore that! hell, they TOLD US it's a "religion of peace!" what more do we need?

that about it, nitwit?