Pakistan Taliban: Faisal Shahzad Not One of Us

Faisal Shahzad

/ www.orkut.com

Since Faisal Shahzad's arrest in the failed Times Square car bombing, authorities have been looking closely at whether the Pakistan Taliban played a role in planning the attack.

A source told CBS News that it is "increasingly plausible" the militant group was involved. The New York Times first reported on the mounting evidence indicating just that.

Special Section: Terrorism in the U.S.

CBS News received a report from freelance journalist Behroz Khan Thursday indicating that the Taliban was now trying to distance itself from Shahzad. Azam Tariq, the group's spokesman, denied a link to the suspect while while praising his bravery.

"This is a noble job and we pray that all the Muslim youths should follow Faisal Shahzad. But he is not part of our network," Tariq said.

Tariq said the plot was "hatched by the U.S. and its allies to trap Muslim and Pushtun youth in terrorist activities."

He also vowed that the group will "launch attacks against the U.S. and its allies with a new zeal and style The U.S. and its European allies are our target."

Tariq claimed that activists have been sent to the U.S. and other European countries and the group would launch further attacks soon. He gave no details about specific targets.

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[signseeker1717]

Perhaps the Pakistani Taliban is trying to distance themselves from this bumbler because he failed. I wonder what they would have said if he had succeeded?

[whosaid1]

Home grown: He is hardly "that"....he came to America at the age of 19...

[miami_don]

by whosaid1 May 6, 2010 2:38 PM EDT
Home grown: He is hardly "that"....he came to America at the age of 19...
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The implication being an American Citizen or someone with a Green Card. Someone who lives here.

[Ggieb4m]

And we just keep letting them come over.
One last time...Close up the borders on all sides.
Anyone coming or going must be checked agaisnt the no fly list. If they look suspicious, (Paying cash, going to Pakistan) check them out.
What is so hard about this?
If this is not done now then it will convince me that this administration does not care about the safety of this country. THIS should come before anything on his list to do. They are telling us they are going to blow up things and kill people. Are we just waiting for another 911? People's lives are at stake. Just one question? Who are you going to blame when it is a member of your family?

[miami_don]

by Ggieb4m May 6, 2010 10:50 AM EDT
And we just keep letting them come over.
One last time...Close up the borders on all sides.
Anyone coming or going must be checked agaisnt the no fly list. If they look suspicious, (Paying cash, going to Pakistan) check them out.
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Are you suggesting we build a fence on both our Northern and Southern Border? What do we do about coastal harbors where a small boat could land a terrorist cell? Are container ships coming into our ports; should be open every container?

I understand what you are saying but I do not see anything productive in your thinking. Our history is one of open borders with both Mexico and Canada and I have trouble with seperating our past from our present. If you will check you will find that Nazi Germany actually did land agents on American soil by way of a U-Boats in WWII. Why didn't they use the Mexican border? They had an embassy in Mexico and if your theory is correct it would have been easier than the way they did it.

Further, this guy was a legal resident. There in my opinion is our real concern. Home grown terriorist are apparently the assest our enemies want to exploit. Please explain how your border closure is going to help. As for the rest we are already checking them out.

[imnotmyself]

I heard an interesting theory that this man may have acted trying to protect his family from harm. Interesting....

[miami_don]

Great defense. However, pretty unlikely. We will learn more as we go along but my guess is he was twisted about the house forcloseure and with it the loss of his American Dream. The Taliban wanna-be would have let him go home as a hero in his mind and I think his ego just took 0ver. You know, I'll get even with those people. Whatever the reason there has to be a reason the Taliban is trying to distance itself from him?

[buddesatva]

So now these nitwits are picky about who can join, classic.