Faisal Shahzad
NYC: Times Square Car Bomb Terror Plot News Reports
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/times-square/times-square-news-reports.html
Faisal Shahzad
May 19, 2010
(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: Terrorism: Times Square suspect denied bail
in New York -- Faisal Shahzad
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/
(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: Boston Attorney: Local Men Didn't Fund Failed
Terrorism Plot
http://www.thebostonchannel.
(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: Jamaican cleric inspired Times Square bomber
Linked to UK deportee Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal
http://www.jamaicaobserver.
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan Army Major Reportedly Arrested Over Link to NYC Bomb
Suspect
http://www.foxnews.com/world/
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
-- Pakistan arrests army officer linked to Times Square bomb suspect
--- The major's involvement with Faisal Shahzad remains unclear, but authorities
say the two met in Islamabad and were in cellphone contact.
http://www.latimes.com/news/
(U.S./Pakistan) US spy chief, security adviser brief Pakistanis on failed Times
Square bomb attack
http://www.foxnews.com/world/
May 18, 2010
(U.S./Pakistan) '3 Pakistanis arrested in Boston not involved in terrorism'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S.) Times Square bomb suspect enters no plea
http://www.news.com.au/
-- Times Square car bomb suspect appears in New York court
http://timesofindia.
-- Shahzad appears in Manhattan federal court today for the first time since his
arrest two weeks ago, prosecutors said.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/
(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Shahzad planned to hit four other US targets:
Report
-- TOI: "Other locations that he intended to attack were Rockefeller Center, a
Grand Central Terminal, the World Financial Center and the Connecticut
headquarters of defence contractor Sikorsky, the channel quoted the source as
saying."
http://timesofindia.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/
May 17, 2010
(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: E-mails paint Times Square suspect as
frustrated Muslim
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/
-- Terrorist Faisal Shahzad: "Why do you have to follow Democracy (Human made
Laws) if you're already given Laws revealed from Allah, Quran, and Sunnah.
Khilafath is what we Muslim ruled the world with, weren't we successful in world
then?"
http://www.unitedstatesaction.
May 15, 2010
(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Plot: Computer programmer among three arrested in Times
Square probe
-- Mohammad Shafiq Rahman
http://economictimes.
-- Faisal Shahzad's friend and relative nabbed in Pakistan in connection to
failed Times Square bombing
http://www.nydailynews.com/
(U.S.) Times Square terror suspect Faisal Shahzad picked up cash for plot at L.I.
Dunkin' Donuts: sources
http://www.nydailynews.com/
(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Plot: Mohammad Iqbal demands apology from FBI for being
'racially profiled' in 5-hour terror questioning
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_
May 14, 2010
(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Case: Boss: 1 of 3 arrested said he knew NY bomb
suspect
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Case: NY man in bomb plot raid said he never met
suspect
-- Mohammad Iqbal
http://www.wcax.com/Global/
-- Latest arrests do not provide "big break" in Times Square car bomb probe
http://www.kuna.net.kw/
(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Case: Obama Praises NYPD; FBI Arrests Several in Times
Square Case
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/
(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Case and Attorney General comments to Senator Smith
-- Attorney General Holder states "I certainly think that it's possible that
people who espouse a radical version of Islam have had an ability to have an
impact on people like Mr. Shahzad."
-- Senator Smith criticizes AG for being hesistant to use term "radical Islam"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Bomb Case: Pakistan arrests man with militant ties
who says he aided Times Square bomb suspect
-- US intelligence official says man "is believed to have a connection to the
TTP" (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan) aka Pakistan Taliban aka "student movement" in
Pakistan
-- Taliban means "student"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
-- Pak agencies arrest Times Square bomber's local TTP facilitator
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/
-- Two of Shahzad's 'collaborators' in Pakistani custody
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
-- Pakistan detainee claims he's bomber accomplice: report
http://www.google.com/
May 13, 2010
(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Case: Faisal Shahzad used "Hawala" System to Get Money,
Sources Say
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-
--- How Hawala Works
http://www.unitedstatesaction.
--- June 2007 - Terror Finance Case: "Operation Cash-Out" - by Jeffrey Imm
http://counterterrorismblog.
(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Case: Search warrants executed in Times Square probe
-- "A federal law enforcement source says that search warrants are being
executed in Boston, New York, and New Jersey."
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/
-- Cash couriers target of Northeast raids, source says
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/
-- AG: Apparent money tie in Times Square arrests
http://www.google.com/
-- Follow the Money! Several FBI Arrests in Times Square Case
--- Agents in Boston, Long Island, New Jersey, Maine Track 'Possible Cell'
Implicated by Bomb Suspect Faisal Shahzad
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/
-- NBC reports car searched registered to Mohammad Zameen, New Jersey's
properties of Muhammad Fiaez and Iqbal Hinjhara
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Case: Men held in FBI raids are from Pakistan
http://www.google.com/
(U.S.) Boston - Times Square Bomb Case: Authorities search Watertown location in
Times Square bomb case
http://www.boston.com/
-- Massassachusetts Home, Gas Station Searched For Car Bomb Clues
http://www.thebostonchannel.
-- FBI executes local searches in Times Square probe
http://www1.whdh.com/news/
-- FBI search near Boston in Times Square bomb probe
http://www.reuters.com/
-- Three arrested in FBI sweep from Times Square probe
http://news.bostonherald.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) Times Square Bomb Case: Holder blames Pakistani Taliban for
Times Square plot, vows to pursue suspects abroad
-- U.S. Attorney General Holder on Thursday: "We now believe that the Pakistan
Taliban was responsible for this attempted attack"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
-- McClatchy-Tribune News: "U.S. problem in one word: Pakistan"
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/
May 12, 2010
(Pakistan/U.S.) Dawn: "US rushed to judgment on Times Square suspect"
http://news.dawn.com/wps/wcm/
(U.S./Pakistan) US Republican doubts Taliban link to NY plot
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
May 11, 2010
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square bomb suspect still no-show in court -- Faisal Shahzad
http://www.google.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) Rogue Pakistani intelligence agents 'involved in Times Square
plot'
-- Daily Telegraph: "American investigators believe rogue Pakistani intelligence
agents may have been involved in the Times Square bomb plot, a potentially
devastating blow to the country's shaky anti-terror credentials."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
(U.S./Pakistan) Official: Shahzad went to Pakistan for help with attack
-- "senior U.S. official said Shahzad received training on his most recent trip
by [Tehrik-e-Taliban] TTP on how to execute a bomb attack"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/
-- Times Square suspect went to Pakistan for Taliban's help: US
http://timesofindia.
-- US probing 'how deep' Shahzad's links are with Pak Taliban
http://www.hindustantimes.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) Times Square Turns the Spotlight on Pakistan's Military
http://www.time.com/time/
(U.S./Pakistan) 'Satisfied' US now says Clinton's Pak diatribe 'misconstrued' by
media
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/
--- Hillary did not warn Pakistan of 'severe consequences': US -- P.J. Crowley,
Holbrooke
http://timesofindia.
--- Jamaat-e-Islami asks govt to protest against Hillary's statements
http://thenews.com.pk/daily_
(U.S./Pakistan) Failed Times Square bombing has 'adversely' affected ties with
US: Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/
(U.S./Pakistan) "American Pakistan Foundation Condemns Acts of Terrorism in the
Wake of the Failed Car-Bombing in Times Square"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/
May 10, 2010
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Shazad Worked with Taliban
-- John Brennan tells CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Holder: Pakistani Taliban helped direct Times Square plot
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/
-- Taliban behind NY bomb plot: US
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
-- US puts blame on Taliban for NY bomb plot
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/
-- Taliban shifts focus to targets in US, the West
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Pakistani Taliban praise Times Square terror suspect
-- Taliban on NYC Times Square car bomb attempt "brave job"
http://www.kansascity.com/
(U.S./Pakistan/Afghanistan) Taliban recruiting sees surge after Times Square
bomb failure, says leader
http://www.nydailynews.com/
-- "'With all this new technology, it's not difficult to recruit people in the
West' says an Afghan Taliban planner and organizer who operates on both sides of
the border. Over the past two years, he says, several jihadist Web sites linked
to the Afghan Taliban have received hundreds of e-mails from aspiring jihadists
in the West who 'want to join us.'"
http://blog.newsweek.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) FBI travel to Pakistan as country's Taleban blamed for Times
Square attack
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
--- April 11, 2010: Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence directorate (ISI)
still backs Taliban: US
http://timesofindia.
--- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's
Baitullah Mehsud, Maulana Fazlullah 'patriots'
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/
--- Previous Pakistan Public Poll Results on "strict implementation of Sharia
law"
http://www.unitedstatesaction.
(U.S./Pakistan) Clinton: Hillary Pakistan would face 'very severe consequences'
if successful attack traced back
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has threatened
that if a future terror attack against the US is traced back to Pakistan, there
will be 'severe consequences'"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S./Pakistan) "Faisal Shahzad's Taliban link gives President Obama an excuse
to unleash fury on Pakistan evildoers"
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_
-- Taliban Ties to Times Square Plot May Spark Wider Pakistan War
http://bit.ly/bpSZJJ
(U.S./Pakistan) U.S. military tries to reassure Pakistan amid Times Square probe
-- CNN: "he top U.S. military officer is reassuring his Pakistani counterpart
that the U.S. military is not pressuring the Pakistani army to increase its
operations against the Taliban there, a senior U.S. military official said."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan Daily Times: "The problem with many Pakistani-Americans
is that they still have not been able to decide whether they are Pakistanis
living in the US or are they Americans who came from Pakistan."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S./World) NYC: Reactions in the Arab World to the Times Square Bombing
Attempt
-- U.S. journalist Khudayr Taher claims "it is difficult to find a Muslim who
loves America"
http://www.memri.org/report/
-- May 7 - Dr. Zhudi Jasser has a different view: "My Fellow Muslims, We Must
Wake Up!" by Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser
http://www.foxnews.com/
May 8, 2010
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Times Square Bomber's Taliban Contacts Put Pressure on
Pakistan
-- U.S. says Faisal Shahzad Got 'Regular' and 'Substantial' Connections to
Taliban
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Times Square bomb suspect had ties to key Pakistani
militants
-- LA Times: "Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square bomber, grew up in a
Pakistani family whose circle of acquaintances included two future militants — a
Taliban leader and one of the participants in the 2008 terrorist attack in
Mumbai, India, a government source said Friday."
http://www.latimes.com/news/
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Pakistan investigates NY bomb plot Taliban link
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: FBI team in Pakistan to investigate Times Square bomb plot
http://www.monstersandcritics.
(U.S.) NYC: Bombing Suspect's Route to Citizenship Reveals Limitations
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
May 7, 2010
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square suspect's strange bedfellow: media
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomb Suspect a 'Fan' of Prominent Radical Cleric,
Sources Say
-- Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.foxnews.com/us/
-- Times Square bomb suspect still cooperating -US
Video: Escape from the Taliban
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Confessed Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad boasts of ties to
numerous global terrorists
-- claims meeting Hakimullah Mehsud, Anwar al-Awlaki, communications with Nidal
Hasan, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_
(U.S.) NYC: Confessed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad's hatred stemmed from
personal failure, war on terror
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_
(U.S.) NYC: Radicalization of Times Square suspect was gradual, investigators
say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on New York bomb suspect
http://www.freep.com/article/
(U.S.) "My Fellow Muslims, We Must Wake Up!" by Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser
http://www.foxnews.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) Times Sq. car bomber Faisal Shahzad found place where Stone Age
meets 21st century in Waziristan
http://bit.ly/9Cil7V
(U.S./Pakistan) Several 'militants' held over Faisal links freed
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S./Pakistan) Investigators seek money courier in NY bomb plot
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S.) NY suspect is a 'lone wolf', says Gen Petraeus
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S.) Pakistanis pose as Indians after NY bomb scare
http://www.reuters.com/
May 6, 2010
(U.S./Pakistan) NY bomb suspect had links with Pak Taliban, Kashmir terror
group: Pak
http://timesofindia.
-- Official: Times Square suspect had Taliban ties
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/
-- Sources: Shahzad Had Contact With Awlaki, Taliban Chief, and Mumbai Massacre
Mastermind
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/
-- Faisal Shahzad: evidence of car bomb link to terror network
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
(U.S./Pakistan) US faces new terror threats, tactics out of Pakistan
http://www.google.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistani Taliban: NY bomb attempt a 'brave' act
http://www.mercurynews.com/
-- Taleban disown Times Square 'Idiot Bomber'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
(U.S./Pakistan) Karachi mosque draws investigators into botched New York bombing
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S.) NYC: Faisal Shahzad on Homeland Security List Since 1999
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-
-- CBS News Exclusive: New Image of Faisal Shahzad in Times Square
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-
-- Faisal Shahzad Led Spartan Life, Video of Apartment Shows
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-
(U.S.) NYC: Peter King Calls for Investigation Into Shahzad Leak
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square suspect recently more religious, friend reportedly says
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/
(U.S.) NYC: Praise to Heroes Alerting Police to Car Bomb – including Muslim
-- Duane Jackson, Lance Orton, Muslim vendor Aliou Niasse and his brother
Mohamate Niasse
http://www.realcourage.org/
May 5, 2010
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomb Suspect Waives Rapid Court Hearing - not in court
on Wednesday
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
(U.S.) NYC: Bomber went on Times Square dry run
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square bomb: US tightens no-fly controls
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
-- Incident raises questions about no-fly list
http://www.cnn.com/2010/
(U.S.) NYC: FBI chasing leads on confessed Times Square car bomber Faisal
Shahzad's potential terrorist ties
http://bit.ly/aUmHOq
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomb Suspect May Have Received Online Education in
Jihad
http://www.foxnews.com/us/
(U.S.) NYC: Feds probing suspect's terror training claim
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
(U.S.) NYC: Authorities started tracking down Faisal Shahzad using email address
he had given the seller of SUV
http://www.thestar.com/news/
-- Times Square bombing: trail that led to Faisal Shahzad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
(U.S.) NYC: Lapses in security let accused board plane
-- NYT: "an FBI surveillance team that had found Shahzad in Connecticut lost
track of him -- it is not clear for how long -- before he drove to John F.
Kennedy International Airport in New York, the officials said. As a result,
investigators did not know he was planning to fly abroad until a final passenger
list was sent to officials at the federal Customs and Border Protection agency
minutes before takeoff."
-- "Emirates Airline failed to act on an electronic message at midday Monday
notifying all airlines to check the no-fly list for an important added name, the
officials said."
http://www.boston.com/news/
-- Authorities Lost Shahzad in Traffic Monday
http://www.cbsnews.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomber Left Trail From Keys to Calls
http://www.businessweek.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Suspect's Gun Proved Easy to Obtain
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
(U.S.) NYC: Pa. fireworks store has video of suspected Times Square bomber
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
(U.S.) Times Square bomb plot spotlights larger U.S. fear
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S.) NYC: NYC mayor spares police jobs after failed bomb attack
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S.) NYC: "Media Ignore The Fact That Man Who Alerted Police To Failed Times
Square Bombing Is A Muslim Immigrant"
--- Aliou Niasse
http://bit.ly/a0gJlF
-- May 3 listing we had was -- Lance Norton, Duane Jackson, and Mohamate Niasse
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S.) Connecticut: Faisal Shahzad: accused Times Square bomber 'gave up
American dream for jihad'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
-- Suspected NY bomber a married financial analyst
http://www.reuters.com/
-- Mystery surrounds suburban dad, accused terrorist
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/
(U.S.) Connecticut: Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad 'was just a normal
dude' before making neighbors suspicious
http://bit.ly/c5OrUH
(U.S.) Connecticut: Suspect in bombing stranger to Connecticut mosques
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan Army denies Times Square bomb arrests
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/
(U.S./Pakistan) Times Square Bomb Suspect Met With Key Taliban Leader, Pakistani
Officials Say
-- FOX News: "Pakistani officials confirmed to Fox News that Times Square
bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad was introduced to Qari Hussain, the No.3 in the
top tier leadership of the Pakistani Taliban on his last trip to Pakistan."
http://www.foxnews.com/us/
-- "Plausible" link between bomb suspect, Taliban - U.S.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/
(U.S./Pakistan) Link emerges between Times Square bomb attempt and Pakistani
militant group
-- Jaish-e-Muhammad
-- LA Times: "A member of the Al Qaeda-allied Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad
is being held by authorities in Pakistan. That man spent time with Faisal
Shahzad, the person charged in the failed bomb plot, although sources say that
does not mean Jaish-e-Muhammad engineered the plot."
http://www.latimes.com/news/
-- Pakistani Group Jaish May Offer Clue in Shahzad Case
http://online.wsj.com/article/
(U.S./Pakistan) NY bomb suspect being probed for links abroad
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
-- Faisal bought one-way ticket to Pakistan: airline
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
-- Three suspects arrested in Lahore
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
-- Faisal's parents, relatives 'go underground'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S./Pakistan) Car bomb suspect who slipped under radar is son of air force
chief
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
(U.S./Pakistan) Probe in failed Times Square attack focusing on Pakistani
Taliban
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
US, Pakistan hold high-level talks about bomb plot: US
http://www.thenews.com.pk/
(U.S./Pakistan) "Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told CBS News
he believed the failed attack was a retaliation for the United States targeting
Taliban followers."
http://www.reuters.com/
-- NY bomb plot linked to drone strikes: FM
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
-- Qureshi sought U.S. to negotiate with Taliban in February 2009
-- "Pakistan advises Holbrooke talk to Taliban moderates" -- Pakistan Foreign
Minister Qureshi
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan frontier a haven for militants
-- State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says does not want to damage "our
relationship with Pakistan"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/
May 4, 2010
(U.S.) FBI Report on Terror Suspect Faisal Shahzad
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square suspect is charged over 'weapon of mass destruction'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
-- Times Square Suspect Charged, Admits Role in Failed Attack
http://www.wnyc.org/news/
-- five-count criminal complaint (PDF)
http://www.unitedstatesaction.
(U.S.) NYC: Faisal Shahzad confesses to Times Square terror plot; admits he
trained for 5 months in Pakistan
http://bit.ly/bNw5nK
-- Suspect, U.S. Citizen, Traveled Often to Pakistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
-- Sources: Bomb suspect attended terror camp
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
-- Times Square Suspect Was Trained, but Picked the Wrong Explosive, Officials
Say
http://www.foxnews.com/us/
(U.S.) NYC: NY Daily News - "Other reports, which could not be confirmed, said
Shahzad also traveled to the city Peshawar, a hub of Taliban activity near the
Afghan border."
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_
(U.S.) NYC: Times Sq Suspect Hails From High-Status Pakistani Family
-- NPR: "His father is a retired vice marshal in Pakistan's air force and now
one of that nation's top aviation officials."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/
(U.S./Pakistan) Dawn: Taliban's "Hakimullah behind New York bomb plot: Reports"
-- Dawn News: "Reports suggest that the leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud has a hand behind the failed Times Square bomb plot
in New York of arrested Faisal Shehzad."
-- "This has been revealed by a letter which Hakimullah wrote to the sister of
Dr Afia Siddiqui, Dr. Fouzia nearly two months back."
-- "The summary of the letter states that Hakimullah Mehsud declared the sister
of incarcerated Dr. Afia Siddiqui, Dr Fouzia as her own sister and assured her
of every cooperation."
-- "Threatening the US, he announced his intention to teach the United States a
lesson. Hakimullah also purportedly said in the letter that the leaders of
Pakistan would also face a fitting response."
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan: Suspects detained in Karachi as NY accused faces court
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan makes arrests connected to NYC bomb attempt
-- Security officials pick up a few family members in Karachi
-- Pakistan intelligence officer tells Reuters that Faisal Shahzad had "militant
training" in Kohat
http://www.reuters.com/
-- Five suspects arrested in Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/
(U.S./Pakistan) Faisal Shahzad's father vacates Peshawar house
http://www.thenews.com.pk/
(U.S./Pakistan) Suspect in failed Times Square plot was Kashmiri-source
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) The Times Square Suspect's Pakistan Connection
http://www.time.com/time/
U.S. Said to Learn Shahzad on Plane 30 Minutes Before Departure
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/
-- No explanation for bomb suspect boarding airliner - despite being on no-fly
list
http://www.google.com/
-- Obama administration says Emirates Airlines Dropped the Ball; 9/11 Commission
Vice-Chair Says U.S. Govt Is Dropping the Ball
http://blogs.abcnews.com/
-- Why Didn't Customs and Border Agents Stop Shahzad On His Way Out of U.S.?
Blame the Airlines, One Former Bush Official Says
http://blogs.abcnews.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Suspect in Times Square plot faces terror charges
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/
(U.S.) NYC: Apparent Links Found Between Times Square Suspect Faisal Shahzad,
NYC Subway Bomber Najibullah Zazi
http://www.foxnews.com/us/
-- Najibullah Zazi also had weapons training in Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
(U.S.) NYC: Official: NYC bomb suspect talking to feds
http://www.ctpost.com/news/
-- Sources: High-Value Interrogation Group Involved In Interrogation of Shahzad
http://blogs.abcnews.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Officials believe Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad had
map of Staten Island Ferry, reports say
http://www.silive.com/
(U.S.) Connecticut: Neighbor: Times Square bomb suspect 'didn't like the
sunlight' -- Faisal Shahzad
-- "Suspect in botched car-bombing was not on watch lists, officials say"
-- Shahzad traveled to UAE's Dubai before, as well as Pakistan
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/
(U.S.) Connecticut: Suspect a University of Bridgeport grad
http://blog.ctnews.com/
-- Additional Connecticut Post reports
http://www.ctpost.com/
(U.S.) NY bomb plot will not terrorise Americans, says Obama
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
(U.S.) Authorities should investigate Shahzad links to Pakistan groups
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM): Lisa Curtis
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square suspect has Pakistani residency --- in Karachi area
-- Naturalized American citizen from Pakistan Faisal Shahzad
-- CNN: "The Pakistani-American suspect in the Times Square bombing attempt has
a Karachi identification card, a document that shows Pakistani residency, and
the suspect's family is from northwestern Pakistan"
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/
-- see also: Recent Reports on Karachi
http://www.unitedstatesaction.
(U.S.) NYC: Photo of Faisal Shahzad
http://www.unitedstatesaction.
(U.S.) NYC: New York bomb suspect says he acted alone
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Car-Bomb Suspect to Appear in Court
http://wcbstv.com/local/times.
http://online.wsj.com/article/
(U.S.) NYC: Cellphone led FBI to Times Square car bomb suspect arrest
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S.) NYC/Connecticut: Suspect told neighbor he worked on Wall Street
-- "Pakistani police told NBC News that Shahzad traveled from the United States
to Karachi on July 3, 2009, returning to the United States on Aug. 8, 2009."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
(U.S.) NYC/Connecticut: FBI searches home of suspected bomber
http://www.ctpost.com/news/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square bomb suspect arrested 'at last second'
-- CNN: "Faisal Shahzad was on board plane bound for Dubai, officials say"
-- "Shadzad's final destination was Pakistan, official says"
-- "Shahzad is believed to be the person who drove the Nissan Pathfinder to
Times Square"
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Car Bomb Suspect Faisal Shahzad Almost Got Away
-- FBI Says Shahzad Was on Plane That Was Taxiing to Runway
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/
(U.S.) NYC: NY Post: Bomb suspect busted at JFK
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
-- NY Daily News: Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, suspect in foiled Times
Square bomb plot, arrested at JFK
http://bit.ly/byqJ6A
-- NY Times: Arrest Made in Times Square Bomb Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
-- Washington Post report
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Three Removed From Flight After NY Car Bomb
-- Sky News: "Three passengers were taken off a New York-Dubai flight in
connection with the attempted car bombing in New York's Times Square, Emirates
Airlines has said."
-- UAE's Emirates Airlines: "Emirates can confirm that its flight EK 202 (from
New York to Dubai on May 3)... was called back by the local authorities prior to
departure... Three passengers were removed from the flight."
http://bit.ly/97OfHN
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Car Bomb Suspect Due In Court
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/
(U.S.) NYC: Text: Statement on arrest in failed NY car bombing
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square car bomb scare: We came within a 'millisecond' of 'mass
casualties,' expert says
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_
(U.S.) NYC: Unexploded Car Bomb Left Trove of Evidence
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
(U.S.) "Shahzad Faisal Proves We Are Still Asleep At The Wheel"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
(U.S.) Connecticut: Teen stunned by her terror 'sell'
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
(U.S.) Shahzad Faisal: Times Square car bomb suspect a Facebook problem
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
(U.S./Pakistan) New York bomb puts Pakistan in spotlight
http://www.reuters.com/
-- April 20, 2010: "Pakistan Newspaper Criticizes Pakistan as 'Becoming an
Increasingly Intolerant Nation'"
http://www.realcourage.org/
-- Other R.E.A.L. Postings on Pakistan
http://www.realcourage.org/
-- Pakistan Poll Results
http://www.unitedstatesaction.
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan says to help U.S. over New York bomb suspect
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S./Pakistan) "US: Bomb plot arrest reveals 'tough approach' on Pakistanis"
-- AKI report quotes Pakistani who views that U.S. travel and immigration rules
are "steps to restrict the movement of Muslims"
-- "Pakistan rights activist Syed Hafizuddi" tells AKI: "Faisal Shahzad was
unfortunate enough to be traveling days after the incident, and came under the
focus of suspicion."
-- Syed Hafizuddi: "The United States has started to act more actively against
any Pakistani, who might be traveling out of the country"
-- Syed Hafizuddi: "The arrest comes at a time, when the US has been taking
steps to restrict the movement of Muslims, especially Pakistani nationals in and
out of the country with its screening process application at the airports, which
has been widely condemned by Pakistan authorities."
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/
(U.S.) "CAIR: Muslim Group to React to Times Square Bomb Plot Arrest" - 1 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/
(U.S.) N.Y. plot brings the politics of terrorism to the forefront
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
May 3, 2010
(U.S.) NYC: New York bomb plot may have been work of 'foreign nexus' officials
say
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
(U.S.) NYC: American Who Recently Visited Pakistan Eyed in Times Square Bomb
Plot
http://www.foxnews.com/
-- Authorities Have Identified Person of Interest in Times Square Bomb Attempt
--- ABC: "There is growing evidence the bomber did not act alone and had ties to
radical elements overseas, with one senior official telling ABC News there are
several individuals believed to be connected with the bombing and that at least
one of them is a Pakistani-American."
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/
-- Times Square Bomb Plot SUV Recently Sold On Craigslist for Cash
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-
-- NPR: Investigators Eye Foreign Ties in Failed Car Bomb
http://www.wnyc.org/news/
-- Hunt is on for missing Conn. man who bought car bomb Nissan just 2 weeks ago
on Craigslist
http://bit.ly/ct4NXI
(U.S.) NYC: Police search for second man over New York car bomb
-- London Times: "The mayor, however, cautioned that the man caught on video
removing his jumper may not become a suspect."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
US: Failed NY attack shows terrorists now 'desperate'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomber Made Relatively Clever Efforts to Cover Tracks
http://blog.newsweek.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Car Bomber: Police Release Video of Possible Suspect
-- car bomb also had 100 pounds of fertilizer
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/
-- New York Post: Times Square bombing suspect caught on tape
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
-- CNN: "Authorities plan to release another video in the case, New York Police
Commissioner Ray Kelly told CNN's 'American Morning' on Monday."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/
-- Authorities seek man in New York car bomb incident
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S.) NYC: U.S. has "good leads" in car bomb probe: Attorney General Holder
http://www.reuters.com/
-- Times Square bomb scare: NYPD questions owner of explosives-packed SUV in,
but no ID yet on driver
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_
-- NY Post: Feds take over Times Square bomb plot case
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
(U.S.) NYC: NY street vendors praised for spotting car bomb
-- Lance Norton, Duane Jackson, and Mohamate Niasse
http://www.reuters.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Crisis Averted: What If the Bomb Had Gone Off?
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistani Taliban chief Mehsud guns for US on internet
http://gulfnews.com/news/
-- Pakistani Taliban promise US attacks post-NY scare
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
-- Pakistan Taliban chief resurfaces on video - Hakimullah Mehsud
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan Taliban denies involvement in Times Square car bomb
plot
http://timesofindia.
-- May 2, 2010: 'Taliban Commander' Claims Responsibility for Failed Times
Square Attack
-- A jihadist internet forum reports that Qari Hussain Mehsud, a key leader of
the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, or the Movement of Pakistani Taliban) and a
close lieutenant of TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud, has claimed responsibility for
the New York's Times Square failed car bomb plot.
http://www.memri.org/report/
May 3, 2010: TTP Leader Hakimullah Mehsud Declares: 'From Now On, the Main
Targets of Our Fidaeen [Suicide Bombers] Are American Cities'
http://www.memri.org/report/
--- Summer 2001: Middle East Forum - The Taliban's International Ambitions
http://www.meforum.org/486/
-- Julie Sirrs: "A war is taking place in Afghanistan, a country as mentally
remote from most Americans as it is geographically distant. Already, this war
has claimed American casualties—not directly on Afghanistan's battlefields but
indirectly, by terrorists trained in that country. If the wrong side wins the
war, the result could be the death of many more citizens of the United States
and its allies."
-- "The time has come for the U.S. government to declare war on the Taliban."
http://www.meforum.org/486/
May 2, 2010
(U.S.) NYC: White Male in 40s Seen on Tape Near Scene of Car Bomb Attempt
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/
-- Cops: No Taliban link, video may show suspect is white man in 40s
--- NY Post: "police were on their way to Pennsylvania to talk to a man who said
he may have recorded a bombing suspect in a nearby alley, the police
commissioner said today."
--- "The video apparently shows a white man in his 40s taking off his shirt
underneath in the alley and putting it in a bag, Commissioner Ray Kelly said."
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/
-- Police hunt Times Square car bomber
http://www.google.com/
-- Police Pursue Video Leads in Times Square
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
(U.S.) NYC: What Would've Happened If the Times Square Bomb Detonated?
http://blogs.wsj.com/
-- Video: New Clues in the Times Square Bomb Plot
http://blogs.wsj.com/
(U.S.) NYC: Military recruiters target of Times Square bomb?
http://blog.washingtonpost.
(U.S.) NYC: Vendors Who Alerted Police Called Heroes - both served in Vietnam
war
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
-- Video of vendor who alerted police
http://bit.ly/d4y5d8
(U.S.) NYC: Pakistani Taliban claims NYC car bomb
http://www.google.com/
-- NYPD: No evidence of a Taliban link to SUV bomb
http://www.thestarpress.com/
-- No evidence to back Taliban claim to NY bomb: police
http://www.google.com/
(U.S.) NYC police defuse car bomb in Times Square
http://www.unitedstatesaction.
-- 'Very Lucky': Cops Comb Foiled Times Sq. Bomb Clues
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/
-- London Times: "Tight security extended even to Google Earth, which blurred
out Times Square on its maps of Manhattan."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
(U.S.) NY governor calls failed car bomb act of terrorism
http://www.reuters.com/
-- DHS Napolitano: Car bomb being handled as possible terrorism attack
http://politicalticker.blogs.
-- Times Square car bomb was act of terrorism
-- Daily Telegraph states: "The location is also adjacent to the Viacom
building, fueling speculation that it might be linked to the company's
controversial South Park cartoon which recently depicted Prophet Muhammad in a
bear suit."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
-- as of date no reports on who is believed to be responsible
(U.S.) Scenarios: Who could be behind failed Times Square attack?
http://www.reuters.com/
--- Note: The "white nationalist" Stormfront forum members are blaming the U.S.
federal government and Israel, posting anti-semitic notes about the foiled bomb
(U.S.) Feds Feared Multi-City Attacks
http://blog.newsweek.com/