Suspect arrested for Times Square bombing attempt
Top news: Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old U.S. citizen from Pakistan, was arrested on Monday night in connection with the failed bombing attempt in New York's Times Square on Saturday. Shahzad, who had recently bought the SUV that was found filled with gasoline and fertilizer, was apprehended on board a plane about to leave for Dubai from Kennedy airport.
The investigation of the incident has now been transferred to the international terrorism branch of the Joint Terrorism Task Force to look into whether any international terrorist organization was involved. The Connecticut resident who was married with two children, had recently returned from a trip home to Pakistan.
While the Pakistani Taliban appeared to take responsibility for the attempted bombing over the weekend, authorities are not ready to say whether Shahzad was connected with any terrorist group or acted alone. Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik says his government has not yet been asked to cooperate in the investigation but is willing to help.
Attorney General Eric Holder did say, "It’s clear that the intent behind this terrorist act was to kill Americans.”
Nukes: The United States announced the size of its nuclear arsenal at the U.N. yesterday: 5,113 warheads.
The investigation of the incident has now been transferred to the international terrorism branch of the Joint Terrorism Task Force to look into whether any international terrorist organization was involved. The Connecticut resident who was married with two children, had recently returned from a trip home to Pakistan.
While the Pakistani Taliban appeared to take responsibility for the attempted bombing over the weekend, authorities are not ready to say whether Shahzad was connected with any terrorist group or acted alone. Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik says his government has not yet been asked to cooperate in the investigation but is willing to help.
Attorney General Eric Holder did say, "It’s clear that the intent behind this terrorist act was to kill Americans.”
Nukes: The United States announced the size of its nuclear arsenal at the U.N. yesterday: 5,113 warheads.
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