Times Square Bomb Scare

• New York bomb plot: Pak arrests another suspect

  Pakistani officials have detained an 11th suspect in connection with the probe into the failed car bomb attack in New York by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, a media report said on Thursday.The latest suspect to be detained is a man named Qamar Ejaz, a Pakistani intelligence source said. Ejaz's brother, Adnan Ejaz, is a former Pakistan Army majo...

• Officials: Two detained admit aiding Times Square bomb plot

  Two men detained in Pakistan admitted with pride that they helped the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing, and one of the men angrily accused his interrogators of "siding with the infidels," a senior intelligence official said today.     The pair are among six men officials say have been detained in Pakistan for allege...

• Pakistan detainees proud of role in Times Square bomb case

  Two men detained in Pakistan for alleged links to the attempted Times Square bombing have admitted playing a role in the botched attack and are unrepentant, with one angrily accusing interrogators of "siding with the infidels," a senior intelligence official said on Saturday.The pair are among six men, officials say, and have been detained in Pakis...

• US satisfied with Pak cooperation on Times Square probe

  The US has said it is "satisfied" with cooperation from Pakistan on investigation into the failed Times Square bombing over which several people have been detained in that country.     "We are satisfied with the cooperation that we are receiving from Pakistan in this investigation," State Department spokesperson, P J Crowley, to...

• Pak detains five over Times Square plot: Report

  Pakistan has detained a co-owner of an upscale catering company in Islamabad and at least four others in connection with the botched Times Square bombing plot for which Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in the US, a media report said today.     The suspects, including Salman Ashraf of 'Hanif Rajp...

• Pak Taliban behind Times Square plot: Holder

  US Attorney General Eric Holder says the Pakistani Taliban was "intimately involved" in the failed Times Square bombing. Holder says the Taliban in Pakistan "directed this plot." A US citizen of Pakistani descent, Shahzad is accused of spending five months in Pakistan before returning to the United States in February and preparing his attack. Holde...

• Didn't know he was a terrorist: Faisal's co-passenger

  Faizal Shahzad, arrested for the failed bomb attempt in New York, was hauled off a Dubai-bound plane that he boarded on Monday night at the JFK International Airport.

• Times Square bomb: Video shows Faisal bought fireworks

  The video showed a man, believed to be Faisal Shahzad, buying fireworks from one of the company's stores in Pennsylvania.

• Evidence mounts for Taliban role in car bomb plot

  American officials said on Wednesday that it was very likely that a radical group once thought unable to attack the United States had played a role in the bombing attempt in Times Square, elevating concerns about whether other militant groups could deliver at least a glancing blow on American soil. Officials said that after two days of intense ques...

• New York Police clears suspicious truck near bridge

  The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge was closed in all directions for several hours on Wednesday night and the Police Department's bomb squad was called in after a man abandoned a U-Haul truck that smelled of gasoline, the police said. The driver, said to be carrying a white bag, fled the scene after getting out of the truck. The police had not found the m...

• Times Square bomb scare: One man detained in Pak

  Pakistan intelligence officials say at least one man has been detained in the southern city of Karachi in connection with the Times Square bombing attempt.

• Won't be terrorised by Times Square incident: Obama

  Addressing a press conference, Obama said the attack failed because of actions by ordinary citizens who alerted police, adding that justice will be done.