NY bomb suspect probed for links abroad
Reuters
(Additional reporting by Daniel Trotta in New York; Jeremy Pelofsky, Jeff Mason, JoAnne Allen and Jim Vicini in Washington; and William Maclean in London; Editing by Chris Wilson)
Investigators questioned the suspected Times Square bomber hoping to uncover links he might have had to foreign militant groups and U.S. media said he could appear in a New York court on Wednesday.
Just one thing to note here: this comment defies conventional wisdom—
Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Shahzad's family "are on our radar."
"He is not from a radical or illiterate family. He is from an educated family. We are looking into how he got radicalized," he told Reuters.
... Osama Bin Laden's family is among the wealthiest and most influential in Saudi Arabia. He attended King Abdulaziz University. His father Muhammed Awad bin Laden was a wealthy businessman with close ties to the Saudi royal family.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Times Square bomb suspect a U.S. citizen from Pakistan
U.S. citizen from Pakistan arrested in Times Square bomb case
The Washington Post
By Spencer S. Hsu, Anne E. Kornblut and Jerry Markon
Tuesday, May 4, 2010; 9:00 AM
A 30-year-old American immigrant from Pakistan was taken off a plane bound for Dubai late Monday at John F. Kennedy International Airport and arrested in connection with a failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced.
The Washington Post
By Spencer S. Hsu, Anne E. Kornblut and Jerry Markon
Tuesday, May 4, 2010; 9:00 AM
A 30-year-old American immigrant from Pakistan was taken off a plane bound for Dubai late Monday at John F. Kennedy International Airport and arrested in connection with a failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced.
Monday, May 3, 2010
CS Monitor: how credible are Pakistani Taliban claims to NY bomb attempt
Christain Science Monitor story May 3 by Ben Arnoldy ...
From the evidence available so far, it's going to be difficult to determine what to make of the van filled with explosives parked in Times Square Saturday.
Attorney General Eric Holder's press conference maintains the suspect is a white male in his forties. A van filled with propane tanks, gas canisters and some crude timers to trigger an explosion fit well within what an average person would term an act of terrorism, but it's a little hasty to jump to any conclusions about what the perpetrator's grievance is. Are there not a lot of things in the United States about which one might get angry about in this political atmosphere? Could be almost anything.
The Christain Science Monitor reports on the claim by the Pakistani Taliban to the attempted bombing, "The Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have posted two videos since the attack, according to US-based monitoring groups. In one, a Taliban spokesman claims the New York attack. In the second, alleged to have been filmed on April 4, TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud promises attacks inside the United States within a month. The US and Pakistan had believed Mr. Mehsud died in a drone attack back in January."
Arnoldy also reports, "The videos do not convince experts of the Taliban's ability to strike inside America."
To a reasonable person, this investigation and developing story are going to get really weird before they begin to become clear in terms of the intent of those who actually participated in this attempted disaster.
From the evidence available so far, it's going to be difficult to determine what to make of the van filled with explosives parked in Times Square Saturday.
Attorney General Eric Holder's press conference maintains the suspect is a white male in his forties. A van filled with propane tanks, gas canisters and some crude timers to trigger an explosion fit well within what an average person would term an act of terrorism, but it's a little hasty to jump to any conclusions about what the perpetrator's grievance is. Are there not a lot of things in the United States about which one might get angry about in this political atmosphere? Could be almost anything.
The Christain Science Monitor reports on the claim by the Pakistani Taliban to the attempted bombing, "The Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have posted two videos since the attack, according to US-based monitoring groups. In one, a Taliban spokesman claims the New York attack. In the second, alleged to have been filmed on April 4, TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud promises attacks inside the United States within a month. The US and Pakistan had believed Mr. Mehsud died in a drone attack back in January."
Arnoldy also reports, "The videos do not convince experts of the Taliban's ability to strike inside America."
To a reasonable person, this investigation and developing story are going to get really weird before they begin to become clear in terms of the intent of those who actually participated in this attempted disaster.
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