Times Square Bomb 'Would Have Killed Thousands,' FBI Test Shows

A clandestine FBI test of a properly made version of the Times Square bomb revealed that it "would have killed thousands of people" if it have been made to explode as terrorists had intended, police force sources told The New York Post.

Have he built the Times four-sided figure device the way he had at first future to, terrorist Faisal Shahzad, would have twisted his SUV and nearby vehicles into a fatal spray of razor-sharp fragments and transformed building windows into glass guillotines hurtling to the streets, cutting down hundreds of people walking by.

The consequences were exposed after feds composed the type of bomb Shahzad set out to make -- with the exact mechanism he had initially intended to use -- and detonated it in Pennsylvania last month.

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American Cleric Tied to Times Square and Christmas Day Bombing Attempts Gets New Website

Al Qaeda is promoting the upcoming online release of its first English magazine called the "Inspire," and one of the first guest writers being promised is Anwar Al Alwaki, the America born cleric linked to several terror attacks on the United States.

Awlaki is tied to three of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers, the attack at Fort Hood military base, the attempted bombing on Christmas Day and the failed attack on the Times Square earlier this year.

According to two sources, one who collects open the source intelligence and the second, the NEFA Foundation, whose mission is to expose the organizations and individuals who plan, fund, and commit acts of terrorism, the website would give Awlaki a new platform to remain in contact with his followers.

The development is seen by some analysts as a strong indicator that it remains too dangerous for Awlaki to use the Internet. Awlaki's popular website was taken down and after the Fort Hood shooting last November, presumably by the U.S. government, though U.S. officials will not comment on the record about the move.