White House: Pakistani Taliban behind Times Square bomb plot
Top news: In its strongest language yet, the Obama administration blamed Pakistan's Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) for the attempted car bombing in New York's Times Square. Appearing on ABC's This Week, Attorney General Eric Holder said, "We know that they helped facilitate it. We know that they probably helped finance it and that he was working at their direction."
The bomber, naturalized U.S. citizen Faisal Shahzad, has told investigators that during a five-month trip to Pakistan, he was trained in militant tactics in the region of Waziristan, a hotbed of TTP activity.
White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan told CNN that the attack is evidence that U.S. efforts to disrupt the TTP are working. "Because of our success in degrading the capabilities of these terrorist groups overseas, preventing them from carrying out these attacks, they are now relegated to trying to do these unsophisticated attacks, showing that they have inept capabilities in training," he said.
If the TTP's role in the bombing plot is proven, it would be their first attempted attack on U.S. soil.
U.S. Politics: President Obama is said to have chosen Solicitor General Elena Kagan to succeed John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.
British election: While coalition negotiations between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives continue, the Lib Dems have also reportedly met with representatives from Labour.
The bomber, naturalized U.S. citizen Faisal Shahzad, has told investigators that during a five-month trip to Pakistan, he was trained in militant tactics in the region of Waziristan, a hotbed of TTP activity.
White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan told CNN that the attack is evidence that U.S. efforts to disrupt the TTP are working. "Because of our success in degrading the capabilities of these terrorist groups overseas, preventing them from carrying out these attacks, they are now relegated to trying to do these unsophisticated attacks, showing that they have inept capabilities in training," he said.
If the TTP's role in the bombing plot is proven, it would be their first attempted attack on U.S. soil.
U.S. Politics: President Obama is said to have chosen Solicitor General Elena Kagan to succeed John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.
British election: While coalition negotiations between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives continue, the Lib Dems have also reportedly met with representatives from Labour.
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