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Pak Taliban paid $12,000 to failed Times Square bomber
Hindustan Times ^ | June 19, 2010 | ANI
Posted on June 19, 2010 4:00:59 AM PDT by csvset
In what further strengthens the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) direct involvement in the failed Times Square bombing plot, a federal indictment released earlier this week has revealed that the extremist outfit had paid $12,000 to Faisal Shahzad to plot the explosion at the busy commercial intersection.
Shahzad, a US citizen of Pakistani origin currently in detention, has been accused of planting an explosives laden SUV at Times Square.
According to The Washington Post, the 10-count federal indictment alleges that Shahzad received payments of $5,000 and $7,000 in transactions with an accomplice affiliated with the Taliban.
The first payment was received in February in Massachusetts, and the next, two weeks later in New York.
According to reports in the US media, Shahzad, who lived in Bridgeport, Connecticut, had told authorities during his interrogation that he “recently” received bomb-making instructions in Pakistan’s volatile tribal region of Waziristan.
He also told officials that he tried to detonate the improvised bomb in the Pathfinder and tried to flee the US after the failed attack.
It is worth mentioning here that the US officials and analysts had initially brushed off the TTP’s claim of a connection to the May 1 botched terror attempt, as it did not consider it a ‘trans-national group’, however, the growing evidence showcased the lengthening reach of Pakistan-based militants.
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Arab TV Airs Video of Times Square Bombing Suspect
Yahoo News ^ | 7/14/2010 | Yahoo News
Posted on July 14, 2010 1:45:39 PM PDT by Dallas59
Bloombergs 25 Cents
CAIRO – The man who pleaded guilty to carrying out the attempted Times Square car bombing vowed in a video recorded before the failed attack that he would strike the U.S. to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed by American forces.
The Dubai-based television station Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts Wednesday of a 40-minute video featuring Faisal Shahzad that it said was released by the Pakistani Taliban. The station did not say how it got hold of the video.
In excerpts aired on Al-Arabiya, Shahzad is sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him as he recites verses from the Quran.
He says he will carry out a “revenge attack” against the U.S. to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the U.S., and that he hopes his actions will touch the hearts of Muslims.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
“Maine: Bail revoked for Muslim investigated for role in Times Square jihad car bombing attempt”
SNIPPET: “An ever-widening circle of people seems to have been involved in this attempted jihad mass-murder. “No bail for Maine man detained in car bomb probe,” from AP, July 15:
PORTLAND, Maine — Bail has been revoked for a Pakistani man held on an immigration violation in Maine while authorities investigated the attempted Times Square car bombing.
Barry Hoffman, Pakistan’s consul general in Boston, says the family of Mohammad Shafiq Rahman had rounded up the $10,000 to secure his release only to learn the judge revoked bail at the urging of immigration officials.”
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New video shows Taliban chief greeting Times Square bomber
NY Post ^ | July 22, 2010 | NEWSCORE
Posted on July 23, 2010 4:06:04 AM PDT by Scanian
New footage has emerged showing the Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad meeting the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Sky News reported Friday.
It shows Shahzad and Hakimullah Mehsud shaking hands and hugging sometime before the failed attack in New York on May 1.
During the video, Shahzad’s voice was also heard.
He said: “Today, along with the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Hakimullah Mehsud and under the command of Amir al-Mumineen Mullah Mohammed Omar Mujahid (may Allah protect him), we are planning to wage an attack on your side, inshallah.”
Last month, in a statement read out in a U.S. court, Shahzad admitted receiving training in Pakistan about how to “wage an attack” in America.
The 30-year-old defendant admitted: “How to make a bomb, how to detonate a bomb.
“I asked them (the Taliban) for some cash because I only had — my cash was like $4,500 that I had with me when I was leaving.
“And I asked for some more cash because I had to do the whole operation here.”
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FYI
DHS Warning on Pressure Cooker IEDs
Pressure Cookers as IED Components
(U//FOUO) Rudimentary improvised explosive devices (IEDs) using pressure cookers to contain the initiator, switch, and explosive charge (typically ammonium nitrate or RDX) frequently have been used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Pressure cookers are common in these countries, and their presence probably would not seem out of place or suspicious to passersby or authorities. Because they are less common in the United States, the presence of a pressure cooker in an unusual location such as a building lobby or busy street corner should be treated as suspicious.[snip]
One of these was used in the May 2010 attack in Times Square
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Long Island Man with Engaging in Hawala Activity That Funded Attempted Times Square Bombing
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JANICE K. FEDARCYK, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (”FBI”), and RAYMOND W. KELLY, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (”NYPD”), announced today the filing of an indictment charging MOHAMMAD YOUNIS, 44, of Long Island, New York, with operating an unlicensed money transfer business between the United States and Pakistan. One of the money transfers allegedly facilitated the May 1, 2010, attempted car bombing in New York City’s Times Square. There are no allegations, however, that YOUNIS was aware of the intended use of the funds.
YOUNIS was arrested this morning by agents of the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force (”JTTF”) at his Long Island residence, and is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan federal court later today.
According to the Indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court:
From January to May 2010, YOUNIS provided money transmitting services to individuals in the New York City area by assisting in the operation of a “hawala,” a type of informal value transfer system in which money does not physically cross international boundaries through the banking system. In the hawala system, funds are transferred by customers to a hawala operator, or “hawaladar,” in one country, and corresponding funds, less any fees, are disbursed to recipients in another country by hawaladar associates on that end.
On April 10, 2010, YOUNIS engaged in two separate hawala transactions with customers who traveled from Connecticut and New Jersey to meet with him in Long Island. In each of the transactions, YOUNIS provided thousands of dollars in cash to the individuals at the direction of a co-conspirator in Pakistan, but without knowledge of how the customers were planning to use the funds. At no time did YOUNIS have the license to operate a money transmitting business from either state or federal authorities.
One of the individuals to whom YOUNIS provided money was FAISAL SHAHZAD, who, on June 21, 2010, pled guilty to a tencount indictment charging him with crimes relating to his attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square on May 1, 2010. During the course of his plea allocution, SHAHZAD acknowledged receiving a cash payment in April 2010 in the United States to fund his preparations for the May 1, 2010, attempted bombing. According to SHAHZAD, the April cash payment was arranged in Pakistan by associates of the Tehrik-e-Taliban, the militant extremist group based in Pakistan that trained Shahzad to make and use explosive devices.
YOUNIS is charged with conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business and conspiracy to conduct an unlicensed money transmitting business. If convicted, YOUNIS faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison on each of the charges.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney PREET BHARARA stated: “By engaging in the alleged conduct, Mohammad Younis unwittingly funded a terror plot that, if successful, would have caused mass casualties in New York City. These charges remind us how international terrorists use the cover of informal money transfer systems to avoid detection and to inflict catastrophic harm.”
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge JANICE K. FEDARCYK said: “While the investigation of Faisal Shahzad wrapped up quickly, the FBI will leave no stone unturned. The FBI JTTF determined that Mohammad Younis transferred money between the United States and Pakistan illegally, using the hawala system. These funds were used, without Younis’s knowledge, in furtherance of Shahzad’s Times Square terrorist attack. The FBI and our partners will continue to investigate matters of this type to protect the United States.”
NYPD Commissioner RAYMOND W. KELLY said: “I want to commend U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and his assistants for working closely with the NYPD and FBI to secure Mohammad Younis’s indictment and arrest. By providing “hawala” money transmitting services to terrorist Faisal Shahzad, Mohammad Younis, albeit unwittingly, gave Shahzad the access to cash needed to facilitate his attempted car bombing in Times Square.”
Mr. BHARARA praised the investigative efforts of the JTTF in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, especially those JTTF members from the FBI and the NYPD. He also expressed his gratitude to the trial attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys JEFFREY BROWN, BRENDAN R. MCGUIRE, RANDALL W. JACKSON, and JOHN P. CRONAN of the Office’s Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit are in charge of the prosecution.
The charges and allegations contained in the Indictment are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
October 5, 2010
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Faisal Shahzad Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to Life in Prison for Attempted Car Bombing in Times Square
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JANICE K. FEDARCYK, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (”FBI”), and RAYMOND W. KELLY, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (”NYPD”), announced the sentencing today of FAISAL SHAHZAD to life in prison for his attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square on the evening of May 1, 2010. SHAHZAD was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge MIRIAM GOLDMAN CEDARBAUM.
SHAHZAD, 31, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, was taken into custody at John F. Kennedy International Airport (”JFK Airport”) on May 3, 2010, after he was identified by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection while attempting to leave the United States on a commercial flight to Dubai. SHAHZAD was then charged in a five-count criminal Complaint. On May 18, 2010, he was presented in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge JAMES C. FRANCIS IV. On June 17, 2010, SHAHZAD was indicted in the Southern District of New York for ten offenses relating to the May 1, 2010, attempted bombing. Based on the offenses alleged in the Indictment, SHAHZAD faced a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. On June 21, 2010, SHAHZAD pled guilty to all ten offenses before Judge CEDARBAUM.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney PREET BHARARA said: “Faisal Shahzad is a remorseless terrorist who betrayed his adopted country and today was rightly sentenced to spend the rest of his life in federal prison. While his life sentence ensures that he will never again threaten the security of New York City and our nation, together we must remain vigilant against those like him who wish to do us harm.”
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge JANICE K. FEDARCYK said: “The case of Faisal Shahzad demonstrates the global scope of the terrorist threat. Distinctions between home-grown and foreign terrorists are blurred when a U.S. citizen travels to Pakistan to learn bomb-making from a known terrorist organization, then returns to the U.S. and receives financial backing from the overseas organization. However you define him, there’s no question that Shahzad built a mobile weapon of mass destruction and hoped and intended that it would kill large numbers of innocent people – and planned to do it again two weeks later. The sentence imposed today means Shahzad will never pose that threat again. The FBI will continue to work with our partners here and around the world to protect the public.”
NYPD Commissioner RAYMOND W. KELLY said: “It’s only right that Faisal Shahzad forfeit his freedom for life after trying to forfeit the lives of innocent New Yorkers forever.”
According to the Indictment to which SHAHZAD pled guilty, other documents filed in Manhattan federal court, and statements made during today’s proceeding:
In December 2009, SHAHZAD received explosives training in Waziristan, Pakistan, from explosive trainers affiliated with Tehrik-e-Taliban, a militant extremist group based in Pakistan. On February 25, 2010, SHAHZAD received approximately $5,000 in cash in Massachusetts sent from a co-conspirator (”CC-1”) in Pakistan whom SHAHZAD understood worked for Tehrik-e-Taliban. Approximately six weeks later, on April 10, 2010, SHAHZAD received an additional $7,000 in cash in Ronkonkoma, New York, which was also sent at CC-1’s direction.
On March 15, 2010, SHAHZAD purchased a semi-automatic 9 millimeter Kel-Tec rifle in Connecticut. This rifle was later found, loaded, in SHAHZAD’s car on the day of his arrest.
In April 2010, SHAHZAD contacted the seller of a Nissan Pathfinder after seeing an advertisement posted on a website. Thereafter, on April 24, 2010, SHAHZAD and the seller of the Pathfinder agreed to meet in a supermarket parking lot in Connecticut, where SHAHZAD paid the seller $1,300 for the Pathfinder. In April 2010, SHAHZAD also purchased components for the improvised explosive and incendiary devices that he loaded into the Pathfinder on May 1, 2010.
On May 1, 2010, SHAHZAD drove the Pathfinder, loaded with the improvised explosive and incendiary devices, into Manhattan. He parked the Pathfinder in Times Square in the vicinity of 45th Street and Seventh Avenue. After parking the Pathfinder, SHAHZAD attempted to begin the detonation process of the improvised explosive and incendiary devices. SHAHZAD then abandoned the Pathfinder and returned to his residence in Connecticut.
On May 3, 2010, SHAHZAD drove from Connecticut to JFK Airport with his Kel-Tec rifle inside his car as he attempted to flee to Dubai. He was arrested later that same day at JFK Airport. After his arrest, SHAHZAD admitted that he had recently received bomb-making training in Pakistan. He admitted that he had brought the Pathfinder to Times Square and attempted to detonate it. He also admitted that if he had not been arrested he would have attempted to detonate another bomb in New York City two weeks later.
The law enforcement operation that culminated with today’s sentencing was the result of the investigative efforts of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces (”JTTF”) in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, especially those JTTF members from the FBI and the NYPD. U.S. Customs and Border Protection also made significant contributions to the case. Substantial assistance also was provided by the Justice Department’s National Security Division, as well as the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Districts of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys BRENDAN R. MCGUIRE, RANDALL W. JACKSON, JOHN P. CRONAN, and JEFFREY A. BROWN of the Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
“Defiant Faisal Shahzad, Pakistani immigrant who tried to bomb Times Square, sentenced to life”
BY SCOTT SHIFREL AND LARRY MCSHANE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Originally Published:Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 11:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday, October 5th 2010, 9:26 PM
SNIPPET: “Still proud of his plot to inflict car-bomb carnage on Times Square, unrepentant terrorist Faisal Shahzad stood smirking Tuesday as he was sentenced to die behind bars.
“In the name of Allah ... this is but one life,” the would-be mass murderer declared in a 10-minute diatribe before receiving a sentence of life without parole.
“If I am given a thousand lives, I will sacrifice them all for the sake of Allah fighting this cause.... Consider me only a first droplet of the flood that will follow.”
The 31-year-old native Pakistani eagerly embraced the vile title of terrorist for his failed May1 attack with a homemade bomb at the Crossroads of the World.
The one-time suburban Connecticut dad blessed World Trade Center mastermind Osama Bin Laden and admitted lying when he took the oath of American citizenship last year.”
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/640042.aspx
Rajesh Ahuja, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, December 18, 2010
First Published: 21:33 IST(18/12/2010)
Last Updated: 02:01 IST(19/12/2010)
“US memo, jailed IM man reveal Al Qaeda’s India links”
SNIPPET: “After the blast, Shahzad was interrogated for more information, which is when he shed light on the Al Qaeda’s influence on the IM.”
SNIPPET: “Furthermore, former Pakistani army major Abdul Rehman alias Pasha, who joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba after leaving the army, was in regular touch with Amir Raza Khan, Karachi-based top IM operative and Atif’s handler.
Pasha was also in touch with David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American who helped the lashkar select targets for the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Headley has told Indian investigators he formed a great bond with Pasha and that it was Pasha who took him to meet Kashmiri in Waziristan.”
“Man arrested in Times Square case pleads in deal”
By Mark Pratt
Associated Press / April 12, 2011
SNIPPET: “BOSTON—A man arrested in Massachusetts during the investigation into the failed New York Times Square bombing has pleaded guilty to immigration and illegal money transferring charges and now faces deportation to his native Pakistan.
Aftab Ali, also known as Aftab Khan...”
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MAY 22, 2011
BOSTON, MA
ICE deports Pakistani man investigated during the failed Times Square bombing
BOSTON - A Pakistani man arrested in Massachusetts during the investigation into the failed Times Square bombing was deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). He arrived in Pakistan on May 22.
Aftab Ali Khan, 28, formerly of Watertown, Mass., was accompanied by ICE ERO officers on a flight from Boston Logan International Airport to Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad, Pakistan. Khan had been in federal custody since May 2010 when he, his uncle, and a man in Maine were arrested following the failed attempt to bomb New York’s Times Square on May 1, 2010.
Khan pleaded guilty to charges of unlicensed money transmitting and immigration document fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper sentenced Khan to time served, 11 months, and three years of supervised release. Khan was then ordered to the custody of ICE ERO for deportation proceedings.
A complaint unsealed on Nov. 16, 2010, alleged that Khan, a Pakistani citizen, entered the United States in August 2009, to marry his then-fiancé and began working at a Brookline, Mass., gas station without a required work permit.
Federal prosecutors alleged that approximately three months later, after marrying a different woman, Khan defrauded the government by filing documents to adjust his immigration status in which he knowingly omitted his unauthorized employment.
Following the Times Square attempted bombing in May 2010, investigators obtained evidence that Khan had provided $4,900 to Faisal Shahzad, who was later convicted of carrying out the bombing attempt. Khan borrowed the money and transferred it to Shahzad in February 2010 as part of a “hawala” transaction in which Khan’s family received an equivalent amount of money in Pakistan. Khan conducted money transmission business transactions without complying with federal registration requirements.
The complaint did not charge that Khan was complicit in the Times Square attempted bombing or knew what Shahzad intended to do with the money.
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigation of Khan was conducted cooperatively as part of a team of 20 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies on the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). The investigators worked around the clock for several days to resolve questions about Khan’s money transfers relating to the 2010 failed bombing of Times Square.
Khan’s removal from the United States was part of a plea deal involving a deportation order that followed his admission that he lied to federal agents investigating him. Khan’s request to appeal the deportation order was dismissed by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) on Jan. 4, 2011.
ICE’s ERO prioritizes the apprehension, arrest and removal of convicted criminals, those who pose a threat to national security, fugitives and recent border entrants. Between October 2008 and the end of fiscal year 2010, the number of convicted criminals that ICE removed from the U.S. increased 71%. In fiscal year 2011 from Oct. 1, 2010 to April 30, ICE has removed a total of 109,700 aliens convicted of crimes from the United States.
A copy of the news release when Khan was sentenced is available by clicking here.
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PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED ON UNLICENSED MONEY TRANSMITTING CHARGES AND IMMIGRATION FRAUD
April 12, 2011
BOSTON, Mass. - AFTAB ALI, a/k/a Aftab Ali Khan, 29, formerly of Watertown, Massachusetts, pled guilty and was sentenced today on charges of unlicensed money transmitting and immigration document fraud.
U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper sentenced ALI to time served, 11 months, and three years of supervised release. ALI was ordered to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation proceedings.
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said, “Aftab Ali has been in custody for nearly 11 months as a result of the charges in this case and the conduct underlying them. The prison term and ultimate deportation, sends an important message that unlicensed money remitting and immigration document fraud are felonies that warrant incarceration.”
Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI said, “Twenty federal, state and local law enforcement agencies on the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force worked around the clock for several days to resolve questions about Mr. Ali’s money transfers relating to the 2010 failed bombing of New York’s Times Square. The JTTF uncovered Mr. Ali’s illegal money transfers and immigration fraud as a direct result of its proactive approach to prevent, deter and disrupt the possibility of further terrorist activity. Ultimately, the JTTF, assisted by the Brookline and Watertown police departments, ensured that the community was safe.” “Although Mr. Ali was not charged with financing the terrorist plot, his actions highlight the dangers of unlicensed money transmissions which enable individuals to anonymously send money across international borders. Prohibitions against this activity were enacted to, among other ends, prevent the direct and indirect financing of terrorism.”
“This investigation is an example of federal law enforcement partnering to use their diverse investigative authorities in cases that pose a threat to national security and public safety,” stated Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. “It also reaffirms our determination to identify and arrest those who conspire to compromise the integrity of our nation’s legal immigration system.”
A complaint unsealed on November 16, 2010, alleged that ALI, a Pakistani citizen, entered the country in August 2009 to marry his then-fiancé and began working at a Brookline gas station despite lacking a work permit. Approximately three months later, after marrying a different woman, ALI defrauded the government by filing documents to adjust his immigration status in which he knowingly omitted his unauthorized employment.
Following the Times Square attempted bombing on May 1, 2010, investigators obtained evidence that ALI had provided $4,900 to Faisal Shahzad, who was later convicted of carrying out the bombing attempt. ALI borrowed the $4,900 from the manager of the Brookline gas station where he was employed and transferred it to Shahzad in February 2010 as part of a “hawala” transaction in which ALI’s family received an equivalent amount of money in Pakistan. ALI conducted money transmission business transactions (such as this one) without complying with federal registration requirements.
United States Attorney Ortiz; Special Agent DesLauriers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Office; and Special Agent Foucart of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston made the announcement today. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys William D. Weinreb and Aloke Chakravarty in Ortiz’s Antiterrorism and National Security Unit.
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3936/miami-imam-convicted-of-supporting-pakistani
For The Record - The IPT Blog
“Miami Imam Convicted of Supporting Pakistani Taliban”
by IPT News • Mar 4, 2013 at 6:13 pm
SNIPPET: “The 77-year-old former leader of Miami’s oldest mosque was convicted Monday of providing material support to the Pakistani Taliban and of aiding a conspiracy to murder, maim and kidnap people abroad.
Hafiz Khan faces up to 15 years in prison for each of the four counts on which he was convicted and is scheduled to be sentenced in May. He sent $50,000 overseas, including money that went to a madrassa where children “learn to kill Americans in Afghanistan,” the indictment said.
He had been imam at Miami’s Flagler Mosque since 1999. Though supporters decried his 2011 indictment, evidence showed he wanted Pakistan’s government replaced by one adhering to strict Islamic law and that he wished that “all opponents of Islam [need] to be destroyed.”
He also praised the failed 2010 Times Square bombing attempt by Faisal Shahzad.
The Pakistani Taliban is suspected of training Shahzad.”
“3 Pakistani men arrested in Times Square car bomb case as FBI follows the money trail”
Published May 13, 2010
Associated Press
SNIPPET: “WATERTOWN, Mass. – WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Three Pakistani men who authorities say supplied funds to Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad were arrested Thursday in a series of raids across the Northeast as the FBI followed the money trail in the failed attack.
Investigators said it was not yet clear whether the three men knew how the money was going to be used.
The men — two seized in the Boston area, one in Maine — were arrested as federal authorities searched homes and businesses in a coordinated series of raids centered in the Boston suburbs, on New York’s Long Island and in New Jersey.
They were arrested on immigration violations — administrative, not criminal, charges. They were not charged with any terrorism-related crimes. Their names were not released.”
WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Kabul, Afghanistan - "SENIOR TALIBAN COMMANDER TIED TO FAILED NYC TIMES SQUARE BOMB PLOT CAPTURED" (SNIPPET: ""TTP claimed responsibility, as folks probably know, for the attempted bombing of Times Square in 2010 and has vowed to attack the U.S. homeland again. TPP is also responsible for attacking our diplomats in Pakistan and attacks that have killed countless Pakistani civilians."") (October 11, 2013) (Read More…)
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7469.htm
October 17, 2013
Special Dispatch No.5486
“In New Video, Al-Shabab Justifies Woolwich Attack, Urges Muslims In West To ‘Make Their Choice Today,’ And Follow Footsteps Of Nidal Hasan, Mohammad Merah, And Farouq Abdulmuttalab, And ‘Brothers In ... Texas And Boston,’ And To Read Inspire Magazine”
SNIPPET: “On October 17, 2013, the Somali Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen released an hour long video titled “Woolwich Attack: It’s an Eye for an Eye.” The video is about the May 22, 2013, Woolwich (London) attack in which British soldier Lee Rigby was murdered in daylight by two men. In the video, Al-Shabab portrays the attack as a logical response to the U.K.’s crimes against Muslims around the world. Al-Shabab urges Muslims living in the West to follow the footsteps of the Woolwich attack perpetrators, as well as the perpetrators of other attacks in the West, such as Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter; Faisal Shahzad, the Times Square bomber; and Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab, the “Underwear Bomber.” The video also features several British Muslims from different ethnic backgrounds who traveled to Somalia and trained and fought alongside Al-Shabab.”
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