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Pakistani Army Major Arrested in Times Square Bomb Probe
nbcnewyork.com ^ | 5/19/2010 | JONATHAN DIENST

Posted on 05/19/2010 3:22:46 PM PDT by rxsid

Pakistani Army Major Arrested in Times Square Bomb Probe

A former Pakistani army major has been arrested in connection with the probe into a failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, sources said today.

The news of an overseas arrest comes as Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized American citizen, was arraigned and ordered held without bail in Manhattan federal court Tuesday evening. It was his first appearance before a judge since being nabbed on May 3.

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Meanwhile, officials tell NBCNewYork, that Pakistani Army Major Adnan allegedly had phone contact and met personally with Shahzad in the months before his failed plot. Investigators are not describing the nature of those meetings.

Adnan was taken into custody at his home in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He was dismissed from Pakistan's military two months ago, officials said.

Investigators continue to look into alleged ties between Shahzad and the Pakistan Taliban. On Monday, the White House dispatched Gen. James L. Jones, the national security adviser, and Leon E. Panetta, the C.I.A. director, to press Pakistani officials to look into the May 1 bomb attempt.

Pakistani Consul General Barry Hoffman said Aftab Khan, a Pakistani gas station attendant who lives in Watertown, Mass., told him during a visit to his jail cell Monday that he does not know Faisal Shahzad and had no contact with him.

"He doesn't have any connection to him," Hoffman said. "He's never spoken to him, doesn't know him."

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adnan; faisal; pakistan; terrorism

1 posted on 05/19/2010 3:22:47 PM PDT by rxsid
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Ping.

Pakistani Army Major Arrested in Times Square Bomb Probe

2 posted on 05/19/2010 3:23:21 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: rxsid

The fox is guarding the henhouse.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/dhs.asp


3 posted on 05/19/2010 3:24:21 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM -- America's road to destruction.)
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To: rxsid

Looks like the “Lone Wolf” had some connections.


4 posted on 05/19/2010 3:27:08 PM PDT by GeronL (Political Correctness Kills)
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To: 353FMG; Cindy; backhoe; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta

PING
Isn’t the Homeland Security Advisory Council the same board of advisors that Nidal Hasan (Ft. Hood Terrorist) was on?


5 posted on 05/19/2010 3:32:17 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: LibertyRocks

That’s why I recommend that you visit the website: http://www.actforamerica.org/

Give some thought to joining the organization. It’s time to start paying attention to what is happening to our country vis-a-vis the ROP.

Pass the word.


6 posted on 05/19/2010 3:42:58 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM -- America's road to destruction.)
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To: rxsid
Khan, his roommate, Pir Khan, 43, and a third man, Mohamad Rahman, of South Portland, Maine, are being held on immigration charges after their arrests Thursday.

Now wait just a minute. Immigration charges? More expired visas or what? Knock, knock, is anyone at home at ICE?

7 posted on 05/19/2010 3:49:47 PM PDT by bgill (how could a young man born here in Kenya, who is not even a native American, become the POTUS)
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To: LibertyRocks

YES


8 posted on 05/19/2010 4:04:00 PM PDT by MestaMachine (De inimico non loquaris sed cogites- Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it)
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To: rxsid

Our tax dollars at work. /s

Aren’t we just shocked all to heck?


9 posted on 05/19/2010 4:06:10 PM PDT by MestaMachine (De inimico non loquaris sed cogites- Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it)
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To: rxsid
Major Adnan served with the Pak Signal Corps. A number of Signal Corps officers were directly involved with the Mumbai attack, procuring cell phones, setting up email networks, etc.

Their specialty is pre-paid phones with extra unregistered SIM cards..... Like the kind that Shahzad had.

10 posted on 05/19/2010 7:34:30 PM PDT by gandalftb (OK State: Go Cowboys)
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To: All; 353FMG

“That’s why I recommend that you visit the website: http://www.actforamerica.org/

Give some thought to joining the organization. It’s time to start paying attention to what is happening to our country vis-a-vis the ROP.

Pass the word.”

Another reason to check out that website:

“’Reason to believe’ Pakistani Taliban plotting to strike U.S.

U.S. intelligence has strong reason to believe that the Pakistani Taliban is actively plotting to hit interests in the U.S. and American targets overseas, a U.S. official told CNN Thursday.

The concerns about the group that authorities say directed the Times Square bombing plot are coming from multiple streams of information, including from Faisal Shahzad, the Times Square bombing suspect, the official said.

The official told CNN that CIA Director Leon Panetta and National Security Adviser Jim Jones relayed the new terror threat information to Pakistan’s government on their trip there earlier this week.

The threat information was not down to the level of specific cities, the official said”

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/20/u-s-official-reason-to-believe-pakistani-taliban-plotting-to-strike-u-s/


11 posted on 05/20/2010 8:34:28 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: rxsid

And the media was so anxious to pin this on some angry white 40 yr old dude...

Our media keeps amazing me with their lack of credibility, honesty, integrity. No matter how low I set my expectations, they find a way to beat me at my game.


12 posted on 05/20/2010 8:40:09 PM PDT by Professional
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To: Sun

“...U.S. intelligence has strong reason to believe that the Pakistani Taliban is actively plotting to hit interests in the U.S. and American targets overseas...”

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And the sun will come up in the East tomorrow morning. When will we learn that we have been a Muslim target ever after 9/11/2001? Europe is gone — we’re the only target left worth hitting and with the guy in the WH we have become even more vulnerable.


13 posted on 05/21/2010 12:05:03 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM -- America's road to destruction.)
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To: LibertyRocks

Isn’t the Homeland Security Advisory Council the same board of advisors that Nidal Hasan (Ft. Hood Terrorist) was on?<<<

Sounds about right to me.


14 posted on 05/22/2010 7:13:38 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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