Stories like this may provide some insight into the latest attempted terrorist attack involving Faisal Shahzad, a man came from a well-to-do family in Pakistan,who was making a life as an American, but became increasingly angry at the U.S. and its policies. By Andrea Elliott, Sabrina Tavernise and Anne Barnard New York Times Just after…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Pakistani man linked to a militant group in his country has told authorities he acted as an accomplice to the failed New York car bomber Faisal Shahzad, the Washington Post is reporting. The Post reported that the man, arrested by Pakistani authorities, has provided an “independent stream” of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Pakistani born man raised in New York, who became the first person to ever be extradited from the United Kingdom on terrorism charges, pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York to providing material support to al Qaeda. Syed Hashmi aka “Fahad” admitted providing air fare to help someone deliver protective gear…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has agreed not to seek the death penalty for a Chicago man as part of his guilty plea in connection with the the Mumbai, India attacks in 2008, the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office said. David Coleman Headley, 49, a U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, pleaded guilty Thursday in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The allegation came on a tissue. The Associated Press is reporting that the five Washington, D.C. area men suspected of terrorism, who are being held in Pakistan, scribbled allegations on a tissue that they were subjected to electric shocks and other torture by the FBI and Pakistani police. The AP reported…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One of the FBI’s most wanted terrorists, who had a $5 million bounty on his head, was killed on Jan. 9 by a A U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, the Associated Press reported. Attributing the information to three Pakistani intelligence officials, the AP reported that the strike killed Jamal Saeed Abdul…
By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (An AOL News Site) WASHINGTON — The arrest of five D.C.-area Muslim young men in Pakistan this week may be a step toward improving the rocky relationship between the American Islamic community and the FBI. The five men, ages 19 to 25, reportedly tried to join radical jihadists and fight…
There’s no question there is a terrorism problem in this region. The real question is: Is the U.S. efforts really going to be enough to address the problem? By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer KABUL –– The arrest in Pakistan of five Americans who authorities say may have been on their way to terrorist…
