Times Square bomb suspect nabbed at airport-Pakistani-born U.S. citizen attempting to fly to Dubai

[kpete]

Source: MSNBC

Times Square bomb suspect nabbed at airport
Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was attempting to fly to Dubai from JFK

updated 9 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Authorities arrested a U.S. citizen in connection with the failed bombing attempt in New York's Times Square as he tried to leave the country, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday.

Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested at 11:45 p.m. ET Monday night by Customs and Border Protection agents as he attempted to board an Emirates airlines flight to Dubai at New York's JFK airport, officials said.

"It is clear that the intent behind this terrorist act was to kill Americans," Holder said.

Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Pakistan, was accused of driving a car bomb into Times Square, authorities said. He will appear in Manhattan Federal Court later Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36892505/ns/us_news-security/

[Demeter]

1. Is It Real, or Is It Convenient?

And is it not a shame that this question must be asked?

[marshall]

4. And is anybody shocked?

That's a shame, too.

[smoogatz]

5. He's the registered owner of the vehicle.

He was caught on video getting out of the vehicle, changing his shirt, and fleeing the scene. He was apprehended while attempting to flee the country. The FBI says he left "a wealth" of evidence behind, including fingerprints inside the vehicle. So I'm going to go out on a limb here and say there's an off chance it's real.

[aquart]

152. You have no idea how offensive I find that question.

Really, really offensive.

[Demeter]

153. Now, now

Extraordinary rendition is offensive. Torturing to insanity is offensive, especially innocents.

Doubting a government that lies to the citizenry on a regular business under cover of state secrecy is not even close to offensive. It's sensible.

[midnight]

2. I recall an important reason for not surging in Afghanistan was the

instability it would cause in Pakistan....

Pakistani Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani says that the US's decision to send thousands of extra troops to Afghanistan may destabilize his country.

Gilani, in an interview with DPA, said in Islamabad on Sunday that an increase in US troops in Afghanistan is likely to lead to a spill over of militants inside Pakistan.

Civilians and military officials in Islamabad say the US troop build-up could force Taliban militants to infiltrate into Pakistani southwestern province of Balochistan that borders Afghanistan's Helmand.

The premier also added that the Surge would make the situation worse across the border region. http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=112484§ionid=351020401

[smoogatz]

3. The guy's a naturalized U.S. citizen.

And Pakistan was already pretty unstable before the "surge."

[No Elephants]

120. I take your second point, but what does being a naturalized U.S. citizen have to do with

anything? I'm guessing being a native of Pakistan has something tto do with his desire to set a bomb off in the U.S. these days.

[OnlinePoker]

7. And I recall that candidate Obama said the U.S. had to...

...be willing to strike at Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan. Chickens coming home to roost.

[No Elephants]

124. Ouch!

Jeremiah, is that you?

[JDPriestly]

134. Destabilizing a country of fanatics with an atom bomb?

Midnight, just how do you think Pakistan should have been handled?

Should we have just let the terrorists in Afghanistan continue to organize and establish a kingdom?

The Iraq War was a lie and a mistake.

But Afghanistan and the Pakistan region?

They are a very different problem requiring a very different solution. War should be avoided at all costs. But how do you avoid war.

The facts that have been released suggest that this Pakistani placed the bomb in Times Square. So far, it looks like he did it.

If that does not fit everyone's belief system, then the belief system needs to be changed. Facts supersede beliefs. This guy will either plead guilty or get a criminal trial. He will get a chance to challenge the facts if they are untrue.

I predict that, as with the would-be terrorist from Yemen, this Pakistani will soon be cooperating with officials.

[snooper2]

6. Glad he was a stupid terrorist...

Couldn't even blow up a car successfully.

He'll be locked up for life...one more loser done for

[happygoluckytoyou]

8. time to blow up the bomb in his underware.... disappointing 72 virgins i'm sure

[No Elephants]

125. Dead virgins are probably not all that optimistic in any event. Just a guess.

[Xithras]

131. My BIL did two tours in Iraq. He mentioned last night...

...that there are a HUGE number of IED's over there that didn't detonate, many of which were simply built by idiots. We tend to not hear much about them over here...for somewhat obvious reasons ("Tune in at 5! Iraqi TERRA!rists plant bomb on road! Nothing happens!")

He told me that the radical imams put out their calls to jihad, ordering "everyone" to fight the Americans. Most ignore the calls. Many who heed it know what they're doing, or join up with a group to get trained in combat and IED manufacturing/planting. But there have apparently always been a few idiots who heeded the call, but had no idea what they were doing, and just tried to improvise something. Now and then the improvised bombs would actually kill someone. More often, they'd just fizzle and smoke, or maybe generate a small fireball. The overwhelming majority of the time, they'd do nothing at all.

Of course, he also mentioned that the Iraqi's were never above a little psychological warfare either. He is of the opinion that the "bomb" was never supposed to detonate, but was simply planted to scare people (remember, the root of "terrorist" is "terror", and you don't have to kill people to make them scared for their lives).

[Botany]

9. Times Square bomb suspect arrested 'at last second'

Source: CNN

New York (CNN) -- Authorities hunting for the suspect in the botched Times Square bombing dramatically beat the clock overnight, seizing a
Pakistani-American citizen moments before he began a long trip to his strife-torn homeland.

Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested around 11:45 p.m. ET Monday at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, said Attorney General Eric
Holder.

Shahzad will appear in a Manhattan federal courtroom Tuesday to face formal charges in the case.

Shahzad was on board Emirates Airlines Flight 202 to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the jetway had been pulled back when the plane was called
to return to the gate, a law enforcement source said. Shahzad was booked through to Islamabad, Pakistan, via Dubai, a senior airline official confirmed.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/04/new.york.car.bomb/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

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[UndecidedGuy]

10. Be honest now...

How many of you people here secretly wish this was a Tea Party protester?

Be honest.

[FSogol]

11. I'm just glad we have a competent AG and DOJ. Quite a change

from the Reagan, Bush, and Bush debacles.

[get the red out]

13. Big change

A legal system being permitted to work.

[No Elephants]

25. however selectively.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

16. Its the same DOJ as Bush

The vast majority of the the Federal Government does not change with the administration, and the political appointees in many places are little more than show pieces.

[FSogol]

18. True but, the administration of the DOJ changes. Hence the difference.

Disagree that "political appointees in many places are little more than show pieces" Maybe with the foreign service but not true other Departments.

[No Elephants]

27. Difference? Are you implying Bushco would not have arrested this guy?

If you follow the court cases, you will have noticed that Holder's D of J takes the same positions taken by the AG's under Bush--All the torture cases, habeas cases and FOIA cases--exact same legal positions, or worse. For example, Holder's D of J in a brief compared homosexuality with incest, pedophilia and bestiality. I don't think even Bushco ever went that far about homosexuality publicly and in the name of the United States.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

123. Not really

While the AG has a bit more control that say HHS, its still a professional bureaucracy that knows that administrations come and go. Being a retired Fed, I can say with certainty that most political appointees are lead by the nose by the professionals in the Dept. Need an example, try Leon Panetta.

[Vinnie From Indy]

12. My secret wish is that idiocy like this is not posted on DU

Welcome to DU!

[No Elephants]

117. LOL, remind me not to hire you to head the welcoming committee.

On the other hand, I am going to reserve before welcoming someone who registered at Democratic Underground as "Undecided Guy" on April Fools Day.

Cautious, I be.

[onehandle]

15. It's not? So the trial is over?

Wow! That was fast.

[JBoy]

17. LOL. "you people here"?

[No Elephants]

129. Nice catch.

[metapunditedgy]

19. Be honest now...

how many of you people there were afraid he would be a Tea Party crazy?

[Democat]

22. This guy likely shares a deep hatred of the American government with the Tea Party!

Both the tea party and other groups have a hatred of the American Government and a desire to see it destroyed. I can definitely see why some people would suspect that they may be involved. The only mistake in that theory was that this guy wasn't attacking a government building like McVeigh - the hero of the Tea Party - did.

[No Elephants]

132. Right wing terrorist is right wing terrorist the world over.

They may vary in appearance and language, but the underlying principles are not very different.

Empty, jingoistic nationalism, murderous hatred, disregard for the life of innocents ("collateral damage"), not acting under the orders of an internationally recognized military, etc.

Oh, yeah, almost forgot. Not a critical thinker, ergo, easily brainwashed.

[karynnj]

20. I agreed with the administration that no one or no group should be blamed until there was proof

I well remember the rhetoric in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing that it was "Mideasterners". In that case, they were worng to say it and ended up wrong. The main people I heard saying it would be blamed on a tea partier was Rush Limbaugh. I did not hear a single administration or Democratic politician say it could be the right wing. I am happy I did not hear that.

It would actually be more frightening if it were a "tea party protester". It would show that at least one member moved to random violence. We already know that Pakistani terrorists are willing to do this.

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[Renew Deal]

23. I think it's sad that people would even have to consider that.

Considering their track record.

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[AlphaCentauri]

118. And who says he is not a tea-bagger?

if he is a fundamentalist he for sure is or sympathize with tea baggers

[Winterblues]

121. Are you sure he was not?

It is obvious he was a political creature.. However he was brown colored so I doubt tea baggers would have him..

[No Elephants]

133. I think they'd love to have a few brown and black people, if only to be able to point to.

them whenever they are charged with being racist.

[No Elephants]

127. Are you always honest, UndecidedGuy?

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[Turbineguy]

135. Yes, there would be some

satisfaction in that and given the obvious incompetence involved, it wasn't an unreasonable idea.

But we really don't need right wingers blowing shit up. The country is badly divided now.

[bergie321]

137. A right winger

Is a right winger. Radical Islam is about as "conservative" as you can get.

[snagglepuss]

138. It's not a matter of wishing, given their violent, paranoid, hate filled

fantasies it is not illogical to consider certain members of their ranks as potential suspects.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

142. Probably not as many as those from you people wishing it weren't. -nt

[Tailormyst]

146. You sound like Rush.

[Demeter]

14. I'm not jumping to conclusions

been burned too many times already, and not just by a bush.

[YOY]

26. Gonna bet lone wolf type or not properly prepped or trained still.

THat work he did was really shoddy.

[No Elephants]

136. Obviously, he was not properly trained. Either that or he is not educable.

As far as a lone wolf type, Taliban claimed responsiblity. Of course, that could have been him, posing, too.

[EarlG]

28. Suspect arrested in NYC bomb attempt

Source: MSNBC

Authorities arrested a suspect in the attempted weekend car bombing in Times Square, NBC News' justice correspondent Pete Williams reported early Tuesday morning.

A U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, Shahzad Faisal, was arrested Monday night on Long Island, Williams reported.

Earlier, an official told The Associated Press that the potential suspect recently traveled to Pakistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the case was at a sensitive stage.

The officials said the man was a Connecticut resident who paid cash weeks ago for the SUV parked in Times Square on Saturday and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36892505/ns/us_news-security

[Duer 157099]

29. This is all it says on the msnbc.com site

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent arrested in connection with NYC bomb attempt

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[Xenotime]

109. Reight wing nuts are going to have a field day with this.

[Robb]

115. The field will be full, then.

The left will also. :)

[Born_A_Truman]

30. Shahzad Faisal

US Citizen of Pakistani descent.

[Born_A_Truman]

31. More ...

NEW YORK - Two law enforcement officials say that authorities have identified the buyer of the sport utility vehicle used in the botched Times Square bombing and are seeking him as a potential suspect.

One of the officials tells The Associated Press that the potential suspect is a man of Pakistani descent who recently traveled to Pakistan. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is at a sensitive stage.

The officials say the man is a Connecticut resident who paid cash weeks ago for the SUV parked in Times Square on Saturday and rigged with a crude propane-and-gasoline bomb.

[Duer 157099]

32. Oh boy this spells trouble for everybody with that name

There is one on facebook that does sorta look like the guy in that video though

[snagglepuss]

75. What's worse is that the media seems to be screwing up the name.

Its seems there is confusion whether Shahzad is the first or last name. I pity the guy whose been wrongly named.

[Duer 157099]

91. Yeah

This sort of looks like the guy on that video though



http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.facebook.com/people/Shahzad-Faisal/747765415&usg=__G7ViZNv6IeNfmlTH7pHOE4b7Dz0=&h=50&w=50&sz=2&hl=en&start=20&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=EFi1qDWFpFg1LM:&tbnh=50&tbnw=50&prev=/images%3Fq%3DShahzad%2BFaisal%26start%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1

[Rex]

92. He was pretty bald or at least looked like he was.

[proteus_lives]

98. You think that's bad?

During first semester in college I knew a Kuwaiti guy named Osama. And I knew him pre-9/11, I always wondered how he handled that handle after it.

[marshall]

116. Pity the fool named Adolph

That's why A Martinez just goes by the first letter of his name.

[The_Casual_Observer]

33. Pleeeeze!

[madmax]

34. Obama's fault...

:sarcasm:

[Webster Green]

36. Terrorist plot foiled on Obama's watch.

Bwahahahaha!

[madmax]

38. but, but....

;) :hug:

[madmax]

39. self delete - dang dupes ;)

[SnakeEyes]

41. The plot wasn't foiled..

The bomb didn't work as hoped.

[Webster Green]

43. Nope.

We're calling it foiled.

Sorry.

[madmax]

58. Damn, again!

Obama's fault. :sarcasm:

[madmax]

57. Does stupidity quality as foiled?

Right, it didn't go off - gratefully.

I need to go back to school.

[No Elephants]

99. Same as the Y front bomb.

[Kablooie]

44. But it almost occurred so Obama's weak on terrorism and is to blame.

[kurtzapril4]

46. OBama had nothing to do with foiling this

The plot was foiled by a vendor in Time's Square. Not OBama, not DHS, not the FBI, CIA, or the NYC Po-po.

Just a common, work-a-day guy who noticed something amiss.

[Webster Green]

48. The post was tongue in cheek..(more or less)

Remember when the chimp foiled all those terrorist plots?

Like the one in Florida, where agents convinced a bunch of kids to be "terrorists". They didn't even know what the fuck was going on, but they liked the idea of getting shiny new boots. The chimp took big time credit for that. What a hero!

[madmax]

62. Of course not by Obama

he was at the White House with Bo looking for WMD's under the desk, under the sofa and up his ass.

9/11 happened after *bush was told by members of his cabinet and administration that an attack was iminent... chatter, Clark's hair on fire, etc. It happened and no one 'foiled it'. Not the FBI, CIA, AA, AAA, or any of the alphabet agencies, or Airport :rofl: Security, et.al.

However, props to the two American heros - working men, vendors who were more in tune with the shit on the streets than all those clever minds in D.C. prior to 9/11 and even now.

[Webster Green]

63. I heard he was monitoring the activities of the Jonas Brothers.

Mapping co-ordinates and preparing the predator drones. (just in case)

[Name removed]

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[No Elephants]

100. If the bomb had worked, those on the street would have been history, though.

Sad to say, what really saved folks from dying was the incompetence of the SUV bomber wannabe himself, much like the underpants bomber wannabe. After the failure, alert citizens were a help. But, had the bomber wannabes been competent, those citizens would have been blown up.

[tabatha]

35. I wonder how those with bent minds of the Freeper persuasion

will twist this.

[madmax]

42. Only 2 words needed

'bent minds.' :rofl:

[paulsby]

50. i wonder how all those on THIS website who just KNEW it was a teabagger

are now going ... hmmm...

now sure it's POSSIBLE that a citizen of pakistani descent, who actually just returned from pakistan and set a bomb in times square is a teabagger, but not exactly likely.

[uppityperson]

64. are you saying he is guilty? What about "guilty until proven innocent"?

teasing you, sorry. And yes, I know I have it backwards.

[paulsby]

66. ok, you got me going for a sec. nice job

of course, this goes with the "assuming the arrested suspect is in fact, the guilty party" disclaimer

[No Elephants]

101. Ah, yes, let's shame those at DU who maligned Teabaggers unfairly (maybe).

After all, Teabaggers are so painstakingly meticulous about who they malign on message boards. Not to mention that DUers must be put in their place at every opportunity. Right, Paulsby?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

143. The glee says volumes. No, scratch that. What the glee is ABOUT says volumes. -nt

[Barackbaby]

83. I was over there earlier, lurking

they were just laughing at us really, for that thread about it probably being a teabagger :nopity:

[The Straight Story]

110. I dunno, if it had been a white guy from a militia how would we? (nt)

[Demeter]

154. If it was a white guy from a milita, he'd be out on bail already

Ask Michigan about the Huttaree.

[madmax]

37. K&R

'Yes we did and we won't quit'.

[npk]

40. Uh oh

Time to ramp up the war on Terror.

[inna]

51. or Terra.

:shrug:

[SnakeEyes]

45. Anyone that jumped to conclusions..

want to go ahead and say they were wrong?

[tabatha]

49. That's what the freepers are saying.

"Poor DU - it is not a tea-partier".

But remember, when the Murrow building blew, it was muslims. More jumping to conclusions.

[SnakeEyes]

54. Indeed that was

Not to excuse any such responses though.

[Igel]

55. So in other words,

the right course of action would have been to say, "Gee, I don't really have any evidence for an opinion. Ah, well, I don't really need to have an opinion just this second, so I can afford to wait."

But because the right did it that time and was wrong, it means it's generally okay when the left does it and is wrong. Because, well, it's cool to be like them.

Uh. . .

[alp227]

80. Uh, Murrah=the blown-up OKC building, Murrow=legendary CBS News reporter n/t

[tabatha]

149. Thanks - I suspected I had it wrong.

[humbled_opinion]

82. and they are saying

Its only a matter of time before the muslims kill more Americans, too bad good people will have to die to prove a known equation. The real shame is that the muslims don't just target their enablers.

[GeorgeGist]

111. I think the muslims are losing that game .... big time.

That is if you agree that dead muslims count as their loss, and America's gain.

[slackmaster]

126. Yes, teh stupid cuts both ways

:hi:

[aquart]

84. Which conclusion?

[SnakeEyes]

147. That it was a teabagger that did it.

[Amonester]

97. I didn't jump to conclusions.

The first word of my post was: IF (it's the nut - on the video - he looks like a tim mcveigh wannabe teabagger)

The MEDIA was saying they thought he was WHITE (when will I learn to NEVER trust ANY MEDIA?) :spank:

Therefore, I was not wrong, they were. :hi:

[stray cat]

112. Some "progressives" will insist its still a tea partier behind it all and this is an innocent

victim of racial profiling

[AlphaCentauri]

119. Some radio freepers were saying it was a Hispanic who bough the car in craiglist

would they backup in their statements?

[Prometheus Bound]

47. Hmmm, from Connecticut. I don't know what more proof we need.

And recently visited Long Island.

Guilty. Slam dunk!

[harmonicon]

88. Why are they even bothering with a police investigation?

If this guy who maybe was involved maybe was from Connecticut, shouldn't we just start bombing the fuck out of CT? That strategy has always worked in the past to fight terrorism, right?

[tblue]

89. No, see when the terrorist is from CT, you invade Arizona.

And you remove the governor, who is guilty of attacking her own people.

[harmonicon]

93. I thought invading Arizona...

was supposed to happen after the CT operations was proven ineffective. Do you think Obama should just cut out the middle man though and go straight into AZ with all of the armed forces? I think it would in some ways be a shame, because in AZ we couldn't use our awesome Navy.

[Prometheus Bound]

102. Yup. That's the way it works.

Too bad about any innocent people in CT who may get hurt or killed, and I want to make it clear that I believe many of them may be innocent, but this is war and you just have to accept that collateral damage is inevitable in war.

[harmonicon]

107. the people in CT who will die are not innocent

They were harboring terrorists!!!!!

oh, and we should overthrow their government and install our own dictator who was born there but lives in the REAL United States.

[Old and In the Way]

52. Alrighty then....how soon before people of Central Asia get the Hispanic treatment?

If Al Qaeda is smart, they'll employ people of every nationality so we can react by shutting our great democratic experiment down. Soon we'll suspicious of everyone. Security for all!...freedom? Not so much.

[madmax]

59. :facepalm:

Damnit, we're on the same wave lengh. Might be the age thingy? Ya thihk?

[Born_A_Truman]

53. CNN reporting he was arrested at JFK trying to leave country ...

From Shelton, CT.

[girl_interrupted]

56. I'd like to give a shout out to those 2 Vendors..they are real heroes

Lance Horton (l.) and Duane Jackson, both vendors in Times Square, alerted police of the smoke coming from the SUV that turned out to be a car bomb

Ny'ers thank you guys so much!

I don't even want to think of what this could have been, the weather was beautiful on Saturday and Times Square was so crowded.

Glad they caught this guy!

Good work NYPD and Federal Authorities!

[madmax]

60. Well done Guys!!!!

Everyday working heros. :loveya: :grouphug:

[Born_A_Truman]

61. I loved Lance Horton's comment to the press ...

about what he would like to tell the people of New York:

"If you see something, say something."

[leftynyc]

104. We have signs

all over the city that say that. Since 9/11. It's one of our mantras.

[FrenchieCat]

65. Well at least they can't blame Black People.....

Oh wait....

they will be blaming Pres. Obama!

[girl_interrupted]

69. They better not! He has no blame in this

But I sure wish Obama would invite these guys to the White House, to thank them. They really deserve recognition...Big Time. Think there is any chance of that?

[woo me with science]

68. Wow, great.

That was quick!

[ArizonaLiberal]

70. Official: Suspect in custody in NY car bomb attack

Source: Yahoo News - AP

NEW YORK – A suspect in last weekend's failed car bomb attack on Times Square was taken into custody late Monday while trying to leave the country, a law enforcement official said.

The suspect, a Pakistani, was identified at midnight Monday at John F. Kennedy International Airport and was stopped, said the official, who spoke to The Associated Press early Tuesday on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_times_square_car_bomb

[snagglepuss]

71. I hope they have the right person. With so much intact evidence it shouldn't

be hard to determine whether they have the right person.

[aquart]

72. Shahzad Faisal. Born in Connecticut. On Facebook.

What was wrong with Hartford? How about New Haven? New Haven has Yale.

What bloody fucking nerve coming into somebody else's state and trying to make a bloody disgusting mess.

[snagglepuss]

74. It seems that news media are screwing the name. Some outlets are

reporting the name is Faisal Shahzad, others as Shahzad Faisal. Huffington had a picture from FB which they then took down. Both names come up on FB, but one is clean shaven, the other bearded. I pity the guy who has been wrongly named.

[Hatalles]

78. Both are probably the wrong guy.

"Faisal" and "Shahzad" are both not uncommon names.

[aquart]

81. Oh, god, that could be very unpleasant.

[leftynyc]

130. Born in CT?

Wouldn't that make him a natural born citizen? He shouldn't have to be naturalized if he was born here.

[Karia]

73. Thank you

for the fast, efficient investigation. Thank you police officers, FBI, Homeland Security, President Obama, and everyone else who is working on this case.

[pinto]

76. Arrest made in N.Y. bomb case (LA Times)

Arrest made in N.Y. bomb case

An arrest was made overnight in New York in connection with the attempted car bombing in Times Square, police said early Tuesday, after a government official said investigators were focusing on a man of Pakistani origin who has been living in the United States.

"Law enforcement can confirm an arrest has been made," a spokesman for the New York Police Department said shortly after midnight. He would not give the person's name, but some news reports identified him as Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent.

MSNBC said the arrest took place on Long Island. CNN said the man was picked up at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens.

Earlier, a government official in Washington had said police and FBI agents were closing in on a man of Pakistani descent and suspected the man had not acted on his own when he left a Nissan Pathfinder laden with explosives in Times Square on Saturday.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-new-york-car-bomb-20100504-28,0,5901530.story

[madmax]

77. For all those who were involved

:applause: :woohoo: :toast:

Thank you Goddess for saving lives.

[Snazzy]

79. note that they have corrected name

earlier reports were backwards.

[Snazzy]

86. Holder's statement had "Faisal Shahzad" n/t

[Born_A_Truman]

145. Yes, Holder said Faisal Shahzad ...

MSNBC had Shahzad Faisal.

ETA: MSNBC was during live breaking news & online last night.

Seems it has been clarified today.

[alcibiades_mystery]

113. Those of us from Queens take great offense to the

notion that Queens is "on Long Island." Yes, Queens and Brooklyn are technically on the island called Long island, but anyone who's ever lived in NYC knows that Long Island = Nassau and Suffolk counties, and Queens and Brooklyn are referred to as New York City, and not "Long Island." Jeez. JFK is in Queens, in New York City. It is not "on Long Island."

[peaches2003]

139. Both are right

Queens is on Long Island if you must nitpick.

[alp227]

85. Pakistani? The suspect in video was initially considered a white man

I think the cops made a wild guess because the quality of the video was not tantamount to what the human eye could see (based on the snips I've seen in the media). But I thank the NYPD and the feds for capturing someone (for now). And let's not get into race-baiting stuff; yes I know all about 9/11 and radical Islam, but hey in the nation with the Oklahoma City bombings and someone who flew his airplane into an IRS building it shows that criminality does not discriminate.

[JCMach1]

95. Video MAY not be him... report this morning mentioned this

on CNN international.

[tblue]

87. My first thought was, 'Thank God Obama's our president"

to paraphrase Ghouliani.

[mwrguy]

90. I hope it's not a scapegoat

We have a long history of doing that.

[peaches2003]

140. He's admitted it; not a scapegoat

Says he did it alone.

[RonSunn]

94. No rest for fox news today

1 30 a.m. cst wall to wall, "we got a terra ist" hosts that normally appear during the day on phone interviews with the fox live "back ups" LOL

I wish I had a dollar every time these three words were uttered on fox in the last hour:

"of Pakistani descent"

O wait they put a terrorist in a new york city holding cell??? OMG where is the outrage? Should he not have been shipped to gitmo first?

;)

[JCMach1]

96. Probably had relatives/friends in Dubai

There is a large Pakistani community here.

Plus, easy to catch a flight back to Pakistan.

[slackmaster]

103. So, what kind of "teabagger" would a Pakistani-born US citizen be?

Darjeeling or Assam?

[rasputin1952]

105. This is excellent news...

I hope the suspect is indeed the individual who parked that car...and kudo's to law enforcement on this one...:patriot:

The next step is to find out if he was in this with anyone else...and prosecute him if the evidence warrants it.

BTW...he will most likely be prosecuted in NYC...showing us once again, that terrorists can, and should be prosecuted in civilian courts. If this guy is guilty, the chances of him seeing daylight again are minimal at best. Crimes such as this are against the American people, and should be handled as such under civilian and not military law.

Bomb didn't go off, suspect captured, to be arraigned today in Federal Court in Manhattan...Can't ask for a whole lot more than that!

[RonSunn]

106. I wish they would have found a McCain/Palin bumper sticker

On the damn thing!

[Xenotime]

108. Or a 'W' sticker

[jobwithout]

150. How small of you!

This really isn't just something that would have impacted people on the left or right it would have impacted everyone. Some things should be beyond the pettiness of politics......................Or not!

[Ian David]

114. Cellphone led FBI to Times Square car bomb suspect arrest

Cellphone led FBI to Times Square car bomb suspect arrest

The number from a disposable cellphone led FBI agents to the suspect arrested Monday night for allegedly driving a car bomb into Times Square on Saturday evening, according to a senior official.

“They were able to basically get one phone number and by running it through a number of databases, figure out who they thought the guy was,” the official said.

<snip>

The man had offered the vehicle on Craigslist, and FBI agents were able to recover the number from a disposable cellphone that had been used by the buyer.

The suspect didn't still have the phone. But using a lot of technology and access to database, agents located the suspect.

More:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36738.html

My guess is either:

a) He paid for the phone with his credit card
b) He used the phone to check his regular email account
c) He used the phone to call Mommy
d) He used the phone to book his flight to Dubai

[Bragi]

122. U.S lucky Islamic terrorists are stupid

I mean how hard would it be to bring the U.S economy to a halt?

Really. The U.S has to be the most wide open target imaginable. How difficult would it be to put maybe three explosive devices in three different shopping malls in three major cities on a given Saturday afternoon?

I'm thinking it would not be all that difficult to do this, and a terrorist act of this sort would pretty well shut down the U.S economy for a while and lead to the final touches being put in place to complete the construction of the new U.S. police state.

Seriously, assuming that the terrorists are real jihadists, why can't they figure this out?

[DatManFromNawlins]

141. Um...

.... that wouldn't bring the US economy to a halt. That'd bring 3 shopping malls to a halt.

[Bragi]

144. I would disagree

I think every mall in the U.S would be empty for weeks following an incident of the sort described. The stock market would (again) collapse and the economic fallout would be huge.

[Amonester]

148. So, Thanks To U for giving them FREE tips?

Sometimes, it's a freakin' lot better to keep 'em for urself, don't u think?

yeah, talk about stupid

:blush:

[Steve20]

151. re

The last two bombing attempts were foiled by civilians. It's only a matter of time before one of these kooks set off the big one.