Posted on 05/04/2010 7:13:39 AM PDT by EagleUSA
NEW YORK -- A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen accused of trying to detonate a bomb-laden SUV in Times Square was minutes away from fleeing the U.S. when his Dubai-bound flight was returned to its gate at New York's Kennedy Airport and U.S. officials escorted him from the plane, along with two other men.
The suspect, Faisal Shahzad, will appear in court Tuesday to face charges that he tried to set off a massive fireball and kill Americans after parking his car on a street lined with restaurants and Broadway theaters, federal authorities said.
The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan was handling the case against Shahzad, 30, but has not yet made the charges against him public. FBI agents searched the home at a known address for Shahzad in Bridgeport, Conn., early Tuesday, said agent Kimberly Mertz, who wouldn't answer questions about the search.
Authorities removed filled plastic bags from the house overnight in a mixed-race, working-class neighborhood of multi-family homes in Connecticut's largest city. A bomb squad came and went without entering as local police and FBI agents gathered in the cordoned-off street.
In all, three passengers were removed from Emirates Airline Flight EK202 late Monday night as Shahzad was taken into custody by FBI agents and New York Police Department detectives.
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Yes Holder lies again saying he was detained before gettign on plane..airline says the plane was returned and deplaned..
The media must be soooooo disappointed that it’s no longer a white home grown terrorist.
How will they sweep this under the rug...
# Update: Police found gun in vehicle used to transport NYC terror suspect Shahzad to JFK Airport where he was arrested. http://bit.ly/aPLLnl 6 minutes ago via BreakingNews Headquarters
The media must be soooooo disappointed that it’s no longer a white home grown terrorist.
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I don’t think there were any doubts to begin with. Yes, I bet the libs are just fuming this morning that they cannot blame it on a “Teabagger”.....
I wonder if they were on the watch lists?
Impossible, guns are illegal in NYC.
Ha, dragged their stinkin’ carcasses off the plane. I love it.
Would this be because they caught them just in the nick of time? Or they wanted them on board before they went in?
Why did they drag him off the plane? He was probably on a “peace mission” for nobama. Reaching-out to the mooslims...don’t ya know?
Didn’t happen on Bush’s watch, did it ???
No "terrorist profiling" used here as the Feds (Obama/liberal lackeys) were hoping to find some anti-Obama white guy who wanted to make the point that he's "taxed enough already!"
Not according to ABC News:
"He appeared real close to getting away," one federal official said. "The plane was buttoned up. Backed away from the jetway."
Authorities said that despite the manhunt, his passport had not been flagged and he was able to buy a ticket with cash and clear airport security.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/times-square-bomb-pakistan-migr-connecticut-arrested-times/story?id=10546387
I want the adults back in charge... Way too close for comfort.
Ok, thanks. Yeah. These clowns are not up for the job. Some of the clowns that voted them in must be wondering WTF?
This is sure going to look bad on Shahzad’s performance evaluation back at the Taliban. Evidently he wasn’t paying attention in the terrorist classes. First he makes a car bomb that fails, then he leaves a traceable cell phone number on the phone that was intended to detonate the bomb, and finally he get’s caught alive while boarding a plane for Dubai without becoming a martyr. Even the Taliban has trouble finding good help these days.
And I heard they tracked him through his email which is how he got to buy the car from the kid....
But he is a 'lone nutjob' probably from the tea party who is just angry over Obamacare. /s
Here is the crap that Yahoo is feeding the idiot masses...
“A U.S. citizen arrested as he tried to flee the country led a quiet life in Conn., ex-neighbors say.”
Yeah, a quiet life...kind of like Rodney Dangerfield’s line...”He was a quiet man”.
“Home was in foreclosure...”
“Looks like amateur plot...”
My quote...”This prick is a terrorist from PAKISTAN”!!!!!
Oh, that’s right we cannot say the “T” word anymore....since a Muslim became POTUS!!!
Nice goin’ voters!
“How will they sweep this under the rug...”?????
See post #17. That is how, LIES!!!
Very crispy surveillance work. Very sweet. BTW, it is true that a gun was found in Shahzad's car left at the airport.
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