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Posted on 05/02/2010 4:49:06 PM PDT by MestaMachine
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2506114/posts
Eric Holder presser about NYT suspect.
Holder...trying to look relevant.
Not so much.
This was very close! JTTF didn’t take over til Monday afternoon
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An FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force had taken over the investigation Monday amid growing indications of a possible international connection, U.S. officials and law enforcement sources said.
Authorities became aware of Shahzad’s identity Monday afternoon, and he was arrested at about 11:45 p.m. Monday. Shahzad’s flight to Dubai had left the gate and was headed toward the runway when authorities discovered that he was on board and wanted. He was removed from the plane and taken into custody, an official said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050400192.html?hpid=topnews
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Federal law enforcement officials said at least three other people close to Shahzad were also under scrutiny in connection with the case.
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Faisal is a naturalized American citizen who is originally from Pakistan. He recently returned from Pakistan after spending five months there. While the exact movements of Faisal are not yet known, US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal believe he spent time in al Qaeda or Taliban training camps in North Waziristan.
“North Waziristan is the heart of al Qaeda’s external operations network,” an intelligence official said. Previous al Qaeda plots, such as the attempted suicide attacks in New York’s subway system in September 2009 by Najibullah Zazi and his accomplices, were hatched in North Waziristan. Zazi, an Afghan citizen, traveled to North Waziristan for more than three-and-a-half months of training.
Officials tracked Faisal down based on information gathered from the upload of the videotape of Qari Hussain Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban master trainer of suicide bombers, according to ABC News. On the video, Qari Hussain lauded the bombing, which he characterized as successful, and said further attacks against the US would follow.
The YouTube website that hosted the video was created by a group calling itself the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan News Channel. The website was created one day before the failed attack, and the video was also uploaded one day before the attack, The Long War Journal first reported on May 2.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/05/fbi_arrests_pakistan.php#ixzz0mwXthtKg
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WIFE in Pakistan..........
Shahzad is a naturalized U.S. citizen and had recently returned from a five-month trip to Pakistan, where he had a wife, according to officials who spoke to The Associated Press early Tuesday on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation.
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Listed by: Faisal Shahzad (Realtor Listing)
http://www.habitatboom.com/index.php?action=listingview&listingID=1443990&printer_friendly=yes
Property last sold in 2004
JUST freaking amazing. Next time someone calls me crazy...or tells me to take off my tinfoil hat, I am going to smack their face off.
His flight had left the gate!!!!!
You had the right address, kcvl!
AND, they were familiar with his name....
I wonder if we were spared a catastrophe simply because he bought the wrong fertilizer.
They are NOW saying that Holder got out and reported this because too much information got out BEFORE the bam administration wanted it reported.
Five will get you ten that if Ray Kelly hadn’t been on top of this from the first minute, we wouldn’t know a damned thing right now.
Thank G-d for the NYPD!
That is way too possible for my nerves to handle. This pos in the white tent needs frogmarched to Leavenworth mox schnell!
Somewhere back on TM, about three threads ago, I broke zebam’s Cairo speech down to its individual parts. I am going to try and find it because it is extremely rlevant right now.
Who is Zebam? Just a cliff note for starters
I have a lot of catching up to do on this thread.
Nidal Malik Hasan had contacts and sent money to Pakistan. Coincidence?
MY French for the bam. zerobama
One of Dear Leader’s SS cards was issued to an address in CT.
I don’t believe in coincidence. Maybe when I was around 6 years old. But not lately.
Me neither. Especially about the last year or two.
CYA all the way.
MestaMachine has posted this info, but here is my short version I just posted on another thread. Bill Roggio does excellent reporting. He has a wide perspective.
This was definitely coordinated & then synchronized with jihadist PR. They promise more.
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Faisal is a naturalized American citizen who is originally from Pakistan. He recently returned from Pakistan after spending five months there. While the exact movements of Faisal are not yet known, US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal believe he spent time in al Qaeda or Taliban training camps in North Waziristan.
“North Waziristan is the heart of al Qaeda’s external operations network,” an intelligence official said. Previous al Qaeda plots, such as the attempted suicide attacks in New York’s subway system in September 2009 by Najibullah Zazi and his accomplices, were hatched in North Waziristan. Zazi, an Afghan citizen, traveled to North Waziristan for more than three-and-a-half months of training.
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Officials tracked Faisal down based on information gathered from the upload of the videotape of Qari Hussain Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban master trainer of suicide bombers, according to ABC News. On the video, Qari Hussain lauded the bombing, which he characterized as successful, and said further attacks against the US would follow.
The YouTube website that hosted the video was created by a group calling itself the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan News Channel. The website was created one day before the failed attack, and the video was also uploaded one day before the attack, The Long War Journal first reported on May 2.
US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal on May 2 believed the YouTube site was created specifically to announce the Times Square attack. Officials also said Qari Hussain’s statement was pre-recorded well before the failed Times Square attack.
The Pakistani Taliban followed up Qari Hussain’s statement by releasing two tapes of Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan who was reported killed in a US airstrike in North Waziristan in January 2010. The tapes were also uploaded onto YouTube by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan News Channel. The audio and video tapes, which were recorded in early and mid-April, are the first proof since Jan. 16 that Hakeemullah is alive. On the tapes, Hakeemullah also threatened to carry out attacks against the US and said the strikes would happen soon.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/05/fbi_arrests_pakistan.php#ixzz0mwjbyjaV
What a ...you know...one of those things I don’t believe in.
zebam also made a sentimental journey to Pah-kee-stahn back then too...to wander around the backroads and “meet the people.”
Small world, huh?
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