[kristinn]

Reuters picks up the trail:

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attempted car bomb attack in New York's Times Square, a statement on an Islamist website said on Sunday.

The statement said it was to avenge the killing of two Islamists and "Muslim martyrs".

"The Pakistani Taliban announced its responsibility for the New York attack in revenge for the two leaders al-Baghdadi and al-Muhajir and Muslim martyrs," said the statement on a website commonly used by Islamists.

It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the claim.

SNIP

[jveritas]

That is a major and very dangerous development if it is true that the Taliban terrorists in Pakistan were responsible for this car bomb terrorist attempt in Times Square. I checked the terrorist forums and they are happy with this as expected but there is no official Taliban or Al Qaeda media release on this subject published yet on official Al Qaeda terrorist forums such as “al falojah” terrorist forum.

[Cindy]

OPINION - SPECULATION:

I believe there are a number of options — including foreign influence on jihadis here in America.

I think I will wait for further updates (and explore a bit more) before hanging it on the Pakistani Taliban alone.

[Just A Nobody]

Reuters picks up the trail:

Now there's a shocker!