Today’s New York Daily News reported that New York City police found several blocks of C-4 explosives Monday in an East Village cemetery.  No blasting caps were found, but six to eight blocks of the plastic explosives were found in a black plastic garbage bag just inside Marble Cemetery, on East Second Street, between First and Second Avenues.

The article reminds us that:

“Last year, four men were arrested in an alleged plot to bomb two synagogues in Riverdale and shoot down military planes at a Air National Guard Base in Newburgh.

“The suspects were busted in a sting operation after planting what they believed to be 37-pound C-4 bombs in cars outside the houses of worship.”

As of now, what the explosives were doing in the cemetery is unclear.  However, this does serve to remind us that the war on terror is still very much part of our everyday lives and we all need to pay attention to what is happening around us.