Times Square Bombing

• Times Square bombing: Pakistani man freed from jail

  A Pakistani man, arrested on immigration charges during investigation into the failed Times Square bombing, has been freed from jail and is now seeking legal residency in the US. Pir D Khan has been allowed to stay free on bail for at least the next two months."The government does not believe Khan has any ties to Faisal Shahzad charged in the case,...

• A terror video that warns US of revenge

  The Al-Arabiya TV station says it has video of the failed Times Square car bomb suspect meeting with Pakistani Taliban leaders along the Afghan border.Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Faisal Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the US that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims.Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the gr...

• Time Square bomb plot accused Shazad pleads guilty

  Pakistan-born American citizen Faisal Shahzad remained defiant as he pleaded guilty to attempting to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square, saying that Islamist extremists would continue to attack the United States. Shahzad, 30, admitted traveling to Pakistan to receive bomb-making training from the Pakistani Taliban, called Tehrik-e-Taliba...

• 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...

• Times Square terror plot: Obama sends top aides to Pak

  US President Barack Obama has sent two of his senior most officials to Pakistan to follow-up the investigations of the failed Times Square car bomb.A White House official said the US national security advisor General James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta have left for Islamabad. The US describes the visit as 'time to redouble efforts with allie...

• Times Square bomb: US rushes top officials to Pak

  US has rushed two top security officials to Pakistan to press the government to intensify efforts to investigate the failed Times Square bomb plot and convey the risks to the country's relationship with the US if a terrorist attack originated there.National Security Adviser James L Jones and CIA chief Leon E Panetta are likely to land in Pakistan t...

• Three in custody may have given money to bomb suspect

  Three Pakistani men taken into custody during a series of raids across the Northeast as part of the investigation into the failed Times Square car bombing may have provided money to the man who has admitted carrying out the unsuccessful attack, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Thursday.Mr. Holder said it was unclear if the men knew that ...

• New York terror plot: FBI arrests 3 Pak men

  How did New York car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad, whose house had been foreclosed, get the money to buy a car, load it with explosives and attempt a bombing in Times Square?That's the questions authorities were asking when they carried out raids in three states across the US - Boston, New Jersey and New York on Thursday.Three Pakistani men were arr...

• US terror plot: Faisal's accomplice arrested in Pakistan

  In a major breakthrough in the Times Square bomb plot, a man believed to be the accomplice of the main suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in Pakistan. The arrest was not previously disclosed.The suspect arrested in Pakistan has reportedly admitted to helping Faisal. He is also said to have connections with the Pakistan Taliban. US intelligenc...

• Times Square bomb plot has damaged US-Pak ties: Qureshi

  Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said ties between his country and the United States have been adversely affected after the Times Square bomb plot, in which the Pakistan Taliban was involved. Speaking to a TV channel, the minister said, "Ties between his country and the United States are damaged to an extent after the Times Squa...

• No racial profiling in aftermath of Times Square plot: US

  The US has ruled out conducting "racial profiling" as an anti-terror measure in the aftermath of the failed Times Square bombing incident in which a Pakistani-origin suspect has been arrested, arguing that it is not a helpful law enforcement measure.