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FBI investigators are due to arrive in Pakistan after the US said that the country’s Taleban organisation had been behind the attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square.
Rehman Malik, the federal Interior Minister, has said that Pakistan would fully co-operate with the investigation into the background of Faisal Shahzad, who is in custody in New York after being arrested on a flight bound for Dubai.
Eric Holder, the US Attorney-General, said the evidence now indicated that the alleged was a part of an operation plotted by Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan.
“We know that they helped facilit
Originally posted by ironfalcon
I wonder if Faisal Shahzad was simply a lone wolf terrorist or even a patsy for the CIA / Pakistani Taliban?
Originally posted by belial259
Originally posted by ironfalcon
I wonder if Faisal Shahzad was simply a lone wolf terrorist or even a patsy for the CIA / Pakistani Taliban?
Well ofcourse he's a patsy. The "Taliban" have been making road side "IED's" for years now. One might imagine they've gotten rather good at it.
You go to the expense to fly a man to the USA and carry out an attack worthy of taking responsibility for, to strike at the very heart of the great satan, you'd probably want a little more bang for your buck.
A lot more bang.
The lone wolf thing was much more plausible than this. They're trying to tie this guy in with Pakistan and Yemen? Who are they kidding.
They're just trying to create some justification for even being in Pakistan in the first place.
Originally posted by ironfalcon
Their agenda for the destabilization of Pakistan is increasingly growing evident,
Originally posted by endisnighe
So, the US FBI has jurisdiction in other countries now?