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Faisal Shahzad

October 23, 2023

Faisal Shahzad (Urdu: فیصل شہزاد; born June 30, 1979) is a Pakistani-American citizen who was arrested for the attempted May 1, 2010, Times Square car bombing. On June 21, 2010, in Federal District Court in Manhattan, he confessed to 10 counts arising from the bombing attempt. Throughout his court appearance, Shahzad was unrepentant. The United States Attorney indicated there was no plea deal, so Shahzad faced the maximum sentence, a mandatory life term.[4]

Faisal Shahzad
Mugshot of Faisal Shahzad in 2009
Born (1979-06-30) June 30, 1979 (age 44)
Karachi, Pakistan
CitizenshipAmerican, formerly Pakistani
Alma materUniversity of Bridgeport
OccupationFormer financial analyst
Known forArrested as the prime suspect in 2010 Times Square car bomb attempt
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1]
Criminal statusIncarcerated
SpouseHuma Asif Mian[2]
Children2
ParentBaharul Haq (father)[3]
Conviction(s)Attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction (18 U.S.C. § 2332a)
Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (18 U.S.C. § 2332a)
Use of a firearm during a crime of violence (18 U.S.C. § 924)
Attempted act of terrorism transcending national boundaries (18 U.S.C. § 2332b)
Conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries (18 U.S.C. § 2332b)
Attempted use of a destructive device during a crime of violence (18 U.S.C. § 924)
Transportation of an explosive (18 U.S.C. § 844)
Conspiracy to transport an explosive (18 U.S.C. § 844)
Attempted destruction of property by fire and explosives (18 U.S.C. § 844)
Conspiracy to destroy property by fire and explosives (18 U.S.C. § 844)
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment without parole
Imprisoned atADX Florence

Shahzad was arrested approximately 53 hours after the attempt,[5] at 11:45 p.m. EDT on May 3, 2010, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.[6][7] He was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport, after boarding Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai.[8][9][10] His final destination had been Islamabad, Pakistan.

A federal complaint was filed on May 4, alleging that Shahzad committed five terrorism-related crimes, including the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.[11] Shahzad waived his constitutional right to a speedy hearing.[8][2][6][12]

Shahzad has reportedly implicated himself in the crimes, and has given information to authorities since his arrest.[6][13] Shahzad admitted training in bomb-making at a camp run by the Taliban in the Waziristan region in Pakistan along the Afghan border.[2] As of May 7, Shahzad was continuing to answer questions and provide intelligence to investigators.[12] Pakistani officials have arrested more than a dozen people in connection with the plot.[citation needed]

After pleading guilty to a 10-count indictment in June, on October 5, 2010, Shahzad was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole; the charges had included attempted conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting an act of a terrorist attack.[14]

Shahzad is married and the father of two young children, both born in the United States. Since 1997, he had lived mostly in the United States, attending college on extended visas, and earning an undergraduate degree and an MBA at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He worked for two major companies, Arden and Affinion Group (2006-2009), as a financial analyst before quitting his jobs. He separated from his wife, Huma Mian, in 2009 and she returned with their children to her parents in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.[15]

Biography Edit

Early life and education Edit

Shahzad is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He was born in Pakistan in either Karachi or Pabbi (a village in Nowshera District east of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan), the youngest of four children.[16][17][18] His father was born in the village of Mohib Banda (near Peshawar).[19] Shahzad comes from a wealthy, well-educated family in northwest Pakistan.[8]

Shahzad's father, Baharul Haq, lives in the Peshawar suburb of Hayatabad.[20] His father was a senior official in the Pakistan Air Force, holding the rank of air vice-marshal (the equivalent of a two-star general) before leaving the air force in 1992. His children grew up in privilege.[8][21] He is a deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan.[22][23] He had begun as a common airman, but became a fighter pilot excelling in aerobatics, and was posted in England and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[15]

Shahzad is probably of mixed ethnic background because the Government of Pakistan stated that he is of Kashmiri descent[24][25] but Shahzad identified himself as Pashtun.[15][26]

The New York Times reported that Shahzad's life seems to have followed a

"familiar narrative about radicalization in the West: his anger toward his adopted country seemed to have grown in lockstep with his personal struggles. He had lost his home to foreclosure last year. At the same time he was showing signs of a profound, religiously infused alienation."[15]

Shahzad's family moved with his father's military postings, and the boy attended primary school in Saudi Arabia, according to documents found outside his Shelton home. He later attended several schools in Pakistan.[27] In high school, he received Ds in English composition and microeconomics.[15] While he was growing up, the family had servants, chauffeurs, and armed guards in keeping with his father's military rank.[15]

Kifayat Ali, a man who said he is a cousin of Shahzad's father, insisted that Shahzad's family had no political affiliations. He said the arrest of Shahzad appeared to be a "conspiracy so that the [Americans] can bomb more Pashtuns", and that Shahzad "was never linked to any political or religious party [in Pakistan]".[28]

Shahzad studied for five semesters in 1997 and 1998 at the now-defunct Southeastern University in Washington D.C., where he took mostly business classes. He received several Cs and Ds, an F in basic statistics, and a grade point average of 2.78.[29] In December 1998, he was granted an F-1 student visa.[30] In 1999 he was placed on a US Customs (later merged into DHS) travel lookout list called the "Traveler Enforcement Compliance System".[31]

In 2000, Shahzad transferred to the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. On weekends, he would go to Bengali-themed nightclubs in New York City. A classmate remembered Shahzad watching news footage of the September 11 attacks in New York, and saying, "They had it coming."[15] He participated in a wider world than some Pakistanis, and was said to love women and to drink socially.[15] Shahzad earned a B.A. in computer applications and information systems from the University of Bridgeport,[15][30] and his parents attended his graduation on May 13, 2002.[32] Just before graduation, in April 2002, he was granted an H1-B visa for skilled workers.[30] Shahzad remained in the U.S. for three years on that visa, earning a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Bridgeport in 2005.[30]

Career Edit

Shahzad worked as a junior financial analyst in the accounting department at the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics company in Stamford, Connecticut, while he was still working on his master's degree. After working with them from January 2002 and until June 15, 2006, he resigned to go elsewhere.[32] He complained to friends that the company never raised his salary above $50,000.[15]

Personal life Edit

On December 24, 2004, in an arranged marriage in Peshawar, Pakistan, Shahzad married Huma Asif Mian.[15][27][33][34][35][36] They have two children.[37][38]

Huma Asif Mian, a 2004 graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, majored in accounting.[39][40] Mian was born in the United States to Pakistani-born parents.[35] Mian and her parents and siblings had lived in Qatar and Colorado. At the time of Shahzad's arrest, Mian lived with her parents and her two children fathered by Shahzad in Saudi Arabia.[35][41] Mian's father is Mohammad Asif Mian, a petroleum engineering expert. He has written a number of books and technical manuals, including a best-selling book on project economics and decision analysis; worked for companies such as Saudi Aramco and Qatar General Petroleum; and has two master's degrees from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.[34][42] After Shahzad was arrested, his father-in-law Mohammad Asif Mian said: "to go to this extreme, this is unbelievable. He has lovely children. Two really lovely children. As a father I would not be able to afford to lose my children."[15]

In 2002, Shahzad bought a Mercedes automobile and a $205,000 condominium in Norwalk, Connecticut. He sold the condo in May 2004 to George LaMonica for a $56,000 profit.[15] LaMonica was interviewed afterward by Joint Terrorism Task Force investigators regarding details of the transactions and information about Shahzad.[43]

In January 2006, Shahzad was granted permanent residence status (a "green card").[17] He bought a new single-family three-bedroom home in Shelton, Connecticut, just outside Bridgeport in 2006, at which he and his family lived.[15][32][44] From mid-June 2006 to June 2009, Shahzad worked as a junior financial analyst, a position he told a friend paid $70,000, for Affinion Group, an affinity marketing and consulting business[45] then located at 100 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk.[32]

He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen on April 17, 2009.[8][36] A few weeks later, he abruptly quit his job and stopped making payments on his house, defaulting on the $218,400 mortgage.[32]

His marriage became strained in 2009 as he pressured his wife Huma to wear a hijab and insisted that the family return to live in Pakistan while he searched for a job in the Middle East.[15] On June 2, he telephoned his wife from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, saying he was leaving for Pakistan, and it was her choice whether or not to follow him.[15] She refused, and actually left the United States herself, taking their children with her to live with her parents in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.[15]

Shahzad defaulted on the mortgage of his house, and was sued by the bank in September 2009 as it foreclosed on his home.[17][46]

The New York Times reported that since 2006, he had become more religiously devout and struggled with questions about Muslims in the world.[15] He began to pray five times a day, at mosques in Stamford, Norwalk, and Bridgeport.[15] On February 25, 2006, Shahzad had sent a long e-mail message to a number of friends.[15] Writing that he understood that Islam forbids killing innocents, he asked those who insisted on peaceful protest, "Can you tell me a way to save the oppressed? And a way to fight back when rockets are fired at us and Muslim blood flows? Everyone knows how the Muslim country bows down to pressure from west. Everyone knows the kind of humiliation we are faced with around the globe."[15]

Attempted bombing of Times Square Edit

Main article: 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt

Reported preparations Edit

On July 3, 2009, Shahzad reportedly traveled to Pakistan and is believed to have visited Peshawar, a gateway to the militant-occupied tribal regions of Pakistan and stayed there from July 7 to July 22.[47] While in Pakistan, he said he trained at a terrorist training camp in what was believed to be Waziristan, according to law enforcement officials.[48] Time suggested that his family's background in northwestern Pakistan meant that Shahzad likely spoke Pashto, a rare asset for a Western volunteer in the training camps.[49]

Shahzad's most recent stay in Pakistan lasted for five months; he returned to the U.S. on February 3, 2010, on an Emirates flight from Dubai.[8][9][47][50]

Shahzad was believed to have bought the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that was used in the car bomb attempt within three weeks prior to the incident. The vehicle was purchased through an ad on Craigslist, for $1,300. Shahzad reportedly paid a Connecticut woman for it in $100 bills.[51] He paid the money and received the car at a Connecticut shopping center, without any formal paperwork being exchanged.[44][52]

Arrest and charges Edit

 
Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York, where Shahzad was held shortly after his arrest

Shahzad was arrested approximately 53 hours after the incident,[5] at 11:45 p.m. EDT on May 3, 2010, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.[6][7][53] He was taken into custody at John F. Kennedy International Airport, as he sat on board Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai. His flight was minutes from takeoff but was recalled to the gate.[8][9][10][44] His final destination would have been Islamabad, Pakistan.[8]

Lapses in security allowed Shahzad to board the plane. He had been placed on the no-fly list on Monday, May 3 at 12:30 p.m. when investigators became more certain he was a suspect in the bombing attempt two days before.[54] Investigators lost track of Shahzad before he drove to the airport on the evening of May 3, and did not know he was planning to leave the country.[54] Emirates airline agents did not check the no-fly list for added names at 6:30 p.m. when Shahzad made a reservation, or at 7:35 p.m. when he purchased the ticket at the airport with cash.[54] Shahzad was later allowed to board the plane. A routine post-boarding check at 11:00 p.m. revealed that Shahzad was on the no-fly list.[54] Within minutes, agents recalled the plane to the gate, boarded the plane, and arrested him.[54]

Shortly after the arrest, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said, "Based on what we know so far, it is clear that this was a terrorist plot aimed at murdering Americans in one of the busiest places in our country".[10] Holder later said that Shahzad had admitted involvement in the incident, and that he was providing useful information.[55][56]

According to Deputy FBI Director John Pistole, Shahzad was initially interrogated under the public safety exception to the Miranda rule and cooperated with authorities. He was later read his Miranda rights, and continued to cooperate and provide information.[57]

The FBI and NYPD searched Shahzad's Bridgeport, Connecticut home on May 4, at Sheridan Street and Boston Avenue, removing filled plastic bags.[8] Materials related to the bomb were found in his apartment, including boxes that had contained the alarm clocks. His car at the airport held a 9 mm Kel-Tec SUB-2000 carbine with five full magazines of ammunition, according to law enforcement officials.[47][51]

The complaint filed in federal court on May 4, 2010,[58] charged Shahzad with five counts of terrorism-related crimes.[8][2] He faced up to life in prison.[8]

On May 9, Attorney General Holder announced pending Obama Administration Miranda-warning legislation in the context of the Shahzad case.[59] On June 21, Shahzad pleaded guilty to all the charges against him.[60]

International ties and investigation Edit

It was reported that Pakistani authorities arrested a number of suspects in the investigation of the attempted car bombing, including two or three people at a house in Pakistan where Shahzad is said to have stayed.[55] Pakistani intelligence officials said a man named Tauseef, a friend of Shahzad, was detained in Karachi in connection with the case.[10] Representative Jane Harman, a California Democrat, said Pakistani officials arrested "alleged facilitators" as part of a "far broader investigation".[61]

According to The Wall Street Journal, Shahzad received bomb-making training from the Pakistani Taliban.[62] The Pakistani Taliban are made up overwhelmingly of Pashtun tribesmen.[63][64] According to CBS News, Shahzad has been on the Department of Homeland Security travel lookout list since 1999 because he has been bringing in large amounts of cash (approximately $80,000) into the United States.[65]

Attorney General Holder said "the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attack. We know that they helped facilitate it. We know that they probably helped finance it and that he was working at their direction".[66]

Shahzad told interrogators that he was "inspired by" the radical cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, to take up the cause of al-Qaeda.[67] Via the Internet, Shahzad contacted al-Awlaki, Baitullah Mehsud, of the Pakistan Taliban (who was killed in a drone strike in 2009); and a web of jihadists, ABC News reported.[68][69]

According to a report of Al Arabiya, Shahzad had recorded a suicide video in which he declared that he planned the attack as revenge for the U.S. war in Afghanistan. In this video, made before his attempted May 1 attack, Shahzad was dressed in traditional, tribal Pashtun clothing and was sitting with an assault rifle.[70]

"The attack on the United States will be a revenge for all the mujahideen and oppressed Muslims," Shahzad said in the tape, according to Al-Arabiya.[70] "Eight years have passed since the Afghanistan war and you shall see how the Muslim war has just begun and how Islam will spread across the world."[70][71]

Conviction Edit

 
Shahzad is incarcerated at USP Florence ADMAX, pictured here

On October 5, 2010, Shahzad was convicted and sentenced by federal judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum of the Southern District of New York to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.[72][73][74] When asked by the judge, "Didn't you swear allegiance to this country?" Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen, replied, "I sweared, but I didn't mean it."[75] Shahzad, wearing a white prayer cap, smiled and said "Allahu Akbar" after hearing his sentence. He said he would "sacrifice a thousand lives for Allah."[76][77] He claimed that "War with Muslims has just begun," and that "the defeat of the US is imminent, inshallah [God willing]."[76][78][79]

Shahzad responded to a judge asking about his justification for the bombing, saying that US drone strikes "don't see children, they don't see anybody. They kill women, children, they kill everybody."[80][81] Shahzad is serving his life sentence at ADX Florence, a supermax facility in Colorado where the most dangerous male inmates in the federal prison system are held. It is part of the Florence Federal Correctional Complex.[82]

See also Edit

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faisal, shahzad, urdu, فیصل, شہزاد, born, june, 1979, pakistani, american, citizen, arrested, attempted, 2010, times, square, bombing, june, 2010, federal, district, court, manhattan, confessed, counts, arising, from, bombing, attempt, throughout, court, appea. Faisal Shahzad Urdu فیصل شہزاد born June 30 1979 is a Pakistani American citizen who was arrested for the attempted May 1 2010 Times Square car bombing On June 21 2010 in Federal District Court in Manhattan he confessed to 10 counts arising from the bombing attempt Throughout his court appearance Shahzad was unrepentant The United States Attorney indicated there was no plea deal so Shahzad faced the maximum sentence a mandatory life term 4 Faisal ShahzadMugshot of Faisal Shahzad in 2009Born 1979 06 30 June 30 1979 age 44 Karachi PakistanCitizenshipAmerican formerly PakistaniAlma materUniversity of BridgeportOccupationFormer financial analystKnown forArrested as the prime suspect in 2010 Times Square car bomb attemptHeight5 ft 3 in 1 60 m 1 Criminal statusIncarceratedSpouseHuma Asif Mian 2 Children2ParentBaharul Haq father 3 Conviction s Attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction 18 U S C 2332a Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction 18 U S C 2332a Use of a firearm during a crime of violence 18 U S C 924 Attempted act of terrorism transcending national boundaries 18 U S C 2332b Conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries 18 U S C 2332b Attempted use of a destructive device during a crime of violence 18 U S C 924 Transportation of an explosive 18 U S C 844 Conspiracy to transport an explosive 18 U S C 844 Attempted destruction of property by fire and explosives 18 U S C 844 Conspiracy to destroy property by fire and explosives 18 U S C 844 Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment without paroleImprisoned atADX FlorenceShahzad was arrested approximately 53 hours after the attempt 5 at 11 45 p m EDT on May 3 2010 by U S Customs and Border Protection officers 6 7 He was arrested at John F Kennedy International Airport after boarding Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai 8 9 10 His final destination had been Islamabad Pakistan A federal complaint was filed on May 4 alleging that Shahzad committed five terrorism related crimes including the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction 11 Shahzad waived his constitutional right to a speedy hearing 8 2 6 12 Shahzad has reportedly implicated himself in the crimes and has given information to authorities since his arrest 6 13 Shahzad admitted training in bomb making at a camp run by the Taliban in the Waziristan region in Pakistan along the Afghan border 2 As of May 7 Shahzad was continuing to answer questions and provide intelligence to investigators 12 Pakistani officials have arrested more than a dozen people in connection with the plot citation needed After pleading guilty to a 10 count indictment in June on October 5 2010 Shahzad was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole the charges had included attempted conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting an act of a terrorist attack 14 Shahzad is married and the father of two young children both born in the United States Since 1997 he had lived mostly in the United States attending college on extended visas and earning an undergraduate degree and an MBA at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport Connecticut He worked for two major companies Arden and Affinion Group 2006 2009 as a financial analyst before quitting his jobs He separated from his wife Huma Mian in 2009 and she returned with their children to her parents in Dhahran Saudi Arabia 15 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life and education 1 2 Career 1 3 Personal life 2 Attempted bombing of Times Square 2 1 Reported preparations 2 2 Arrest and charges 2 3 International ties and investigation 2 4 Conviction 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditEarly life and education Edit Shahzad is a naturalized U S citizen He was born in Pakistan in either Karachi or Pabbi a village in Nowshera District east of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan the youngest of four children 16 17 18 His father was born in the village of Mohib Banda near Peshawar 19 Shahzad comes from a wealthy well educated family in northwest Pakistan 8 Shahzad s father Baharul Haq lives in the Peshawar suburb of Hayatabad 20 His father was a senior official in the Pakistan Air Force holding the rank of air vice marshal the equivalent of a two star general before leaving the air force in 1992 His children grew up in privilege 8 21 He is a deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan 22 23 He had begun as a common airman but became a fighter pilot excelling in aerobatics and was posted in England and Jeddah Saudi Arabia 15 Shahzad is probably of mixed ethnic background because the Government of Pakistan stated that he is of Kashmiri descent 24 25 but Shahzad identified himself as Pashtun 15 26 The New York Times reported that Shahzad s life seems to have followed a familiar narrative about radicalization in the West his anger toward his adopted country seemed to have grown in lockstep with his personal struggles He had lost his home to foreclosure last year At the same time he was showing signs of a profound religiously infused alienation 15 Shahzad s family moved with his father s military postings and the boy attended primary school in Saudi Arabia according to documents found outside his Shelton home He later attended several schools in Pakistan 27 In high school he received Ds in English composition and microeconomics 15 While he was growing up the family had servants chauffeurs and armed guards in keeping with his father s military rank 15 Kifayat Ali a man who said he is a cousin of Shahzad s father insisted that Shahzad s family had no political affiliations He said the arrest of Shahzad appeared to be a conspiracy so that the Americans can bomb more Pashtuns and that Shahzad was never linked to any political or religious party in Pakistan 28 Shahzad studied for five semesters in 1997 and 1998 at the now defunct Southeastern University in Washington D C where he took mostly business classes He received several Cs and Ds an F in basic statistics and a grade point average of 2 78 29 In December 1998 he was granted an F 1 student visa 30 In 1999 he was placed on a US Customs later merged into DHS travel lookout list called the Traveler Enforcement Compliance System 31 In 2000 Shahzad transferred to the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport Connecticut On weekends he would go to Bengali themed nightclubs in New York City A classmate remembered Shahzad watching news footage of the September 11 attacks in New York and saying They had it coming 15 He participated in a wider world than some Pakistanis and was said to love women and to drink socially 15 Shahzad earned a B A in computer applications and information systems from the University of Bridgeport 15 30 and his parents attended his graduation on May 13 2002 32 Just before graduation in April 2002 he was granted an H1 B visa for skilled workers 30 Shahzad remained in the U S for three years on that visa earning a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Bridgeport in 2005 30 Career Edit Shahzad worked as a junior financial analyst in the accounting department at the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics company in Stamford Connecticut while he was still working on his master s degree After working with them from January 2002 and until June 15 2006 he resigned to go elsewhere 32 He complained to friends that the company never raised his salary above 50 000 15 Personal life Edit On December 24 2004 in an arranged marriage in Peshawar Pakistan Shahzad married Huma Asif Mian 15 27 33 34 35 36 They have two children 37 38 Huma Asif Mian a 2004 graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder majored in accounting 39 40 Mian was born in the United States to Pakistani born parents 35 Mian and her parents and siblings had lived in Qatar and Colorado At the time of Shahzad s arrest Mian lived with her parents and her two children fathered by Shahzad in Saudi Arabia 35 41 Mian s father is Mohammad Asif Mian a petroleum engineering expert He has written a number of books and technical manuals including a best selling book on project economics and decision analysis worked for companies such as Saudi Aramco and Qatar General Petroleum and has two master s degrees from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden Colorado 34 42 After Shahzad was arrested his father in law Mohammad Asif Mian said to go to this extreme this is unbelievable He has lovely children Two really lovely children As a father I would not be able to afford to lose my children 15 In 2002 Shahzad bought a Mercedes automobile and a 205 000 condominium in Norwalk Connecticut He sold the condo in May 2004 to George LaMonica for a 56 000 profit 15 LaMonica was interviewed afterward by Joint Terrorism Task Force investigators regarding details of the transactions and information about Shahzad 43 In January 2006 Shahzad was granted permanent residence status a green card 17 He bought a new single family three bedroom home in Shelton Connecticut just outside Bridgeport in 2006 at which he and his family lived 15 32 44 From mid June 2006 to June 2009 Shahzad worked as a junior financial analyst a position he told a friend paid 70 000 for Affinion Group an affinity marketing and consulting business 45 then located at 100 Connecticut Avenue Norwalk 32 He was naturalized as a U S citizen on April 17 2009 8 36 A few weeks later he abruptly quit his job and stopped making payments on his house defaulting on the 218 400 mortgage 32 His marriage became strained in 2009 as he pressured his wife Huma to wear a hijab and insisted that the family return to live in Pakistan while he searched for a job in the Middle East 15 On June 2 he telephoned his wife from John F Kennedy International Airport in Queens saying he was leaving for Pakistan and it was her choice whether or not to follow him 15 She refused and actually left the United States herself taking their children with her to live with her parents in Dhahran Saudi Arabia 15 Shahzad defaulted on the mortgage of his house and was sued by the bank in September 2009 as it foreclosed on his home 17 46 The New York Times reported that since 2006 he had become more religiously devout and struggled with questions about Muslims in the world 15 He began to pray five times a day at mosques in Stamford Norwalk and Bridgeport 15 On February 25 2006 Shahzad had sent a long e mail message to a number of friends 15 Writing that he understood that Islam forbids killing innocents he asked those who insisted on peaceful protest Can you tell me a way to save the oppressed And a way to fight back when rockets are fired at us and Muslim blood flows Everyone knows how the Muslim country bows down to pressure from west Everyone knows the kind of humiliation we are faced with around the globe 15 Attempted bombing of Times Square EditMain article 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt Reported preparations Edit On July 3 2009 Shahzad reportedly traveled to Pakistan and is believed to have visited Peshawar a gateway to the militant occupied tribal regions of Pakistan and stayed there from July 7 to July 22 47 While in Pakistan he said he trained at a terrorist training camp in what was believed to be Waziristan according to law enforcement officials 48 Time suggested that his family s background in northwestern Pakistan meant that Shahzad likely spoke Pashto a rare asset for a Western volunteer in the training camps 49 Shahzad s most recent stay in Pakistan lasted for five months he returned to the U S on February 3 2010 on an Emirates flight from Dubai 8 9 47 50 Shahzad was believed to have bought the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that was used in the car bomb attempt within three weeks prior to the incident The vehicle was purchased through an ad on Craigslist for 1 300 Shahzad reportedly paid a Connecticut woman for it in 100 bills 51 He paid the money and received the car at a Connecticut shopping center without any formal paperwork being exchanged 44 52 Arrest and charges Edit nbsp Metropolitan Correctional Center New York where Shahzad was held shortly after his arrestShahzad was arrested approximately 53 hours after the incident 5 at 11 45 p m EDT on May 3 2010 by U S Customs and Border Protection officers 6 7 53 He was taken into custody at John F Kennedy International Airport as he sat on board Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai His flight was minutes from takeoff but was recalled to the gate 8 9 10 44 His final destination would have been Islamabad Pakistan 8 Lapses in security allowed Shahzad to board the plane He had been placed on the no fly list on Monday May 3 at 12 30 p m when investigators became more certain he was a suspect in the bombing attempt two days before 54 Investigators lost track of Shahzad before he drove to the airport on the evening of May 3 and did not know he was planning to leave the country 54 Emirates airline agents did not check the no fly list for added names at 6 30 p m when Shahzad made a reservation or at 7 35 p m when he purchased the ticket at the airport with cash 54 Shahzad was later allowed to board the plane A routine post boarding check at 11 00 p m revealed that Shahzad was on the no fly list 54 Within minutes agents recalled the plane to the gate boarded the plane and arrested him 54 Shortly after the arrest U S Attorney General Eric Holder said Based on what we know so far it is clear that this was a terrorist plot aimed at murdering Americans in one of the busiest places in our country 10 Holder later said that Shahzad had admitted involvement in the incident and that he was providing useful information 55 56 According to Deputy FBI Director John Pistole Shahzad was initially interrogated under the public safety exception to the Miranda rule and cooperated with authorities He was later read his Miranda rights and continued to cooperate and provide information 57 The FBI and NYPD searched Shahzad s Bridgeport Connecticut home on May 4 at Sheridan Street and Boston Avenue removing filled plastic bags 8 Materials related to the bomb were found in his apartment including boxes that had contained the alarm clocks His car at the airport held a 9 mm Kel Tec SUB 2000 carbine with five full magazines of ammunition according to law enforcement officials 47 51 The complaint filed in federal court on May 4 2010 58 charged Shahzad with five counts of terrorism related crimes 8 2 He faced up to life in prison 8 On May 9 Attorney General Holder announced pending Obama Administration Miranda warning legislation in the context of the Shahzad case 59 On June 21 Shahzad pleaded guilty to all the charges against him 60 International ties and investigation Edit It was reported that Pakistani authorities arrested a number of suspects in the investigation of the attempted car bombing including two or three people at a house in Pakistan where Shahzad is said to have stayed 55 Pakistani intelligence officials said a man named Tauseef a friend of Shahzad was detained in Karachi in connection with the case 10 Representative Jane Harman a California Democrat said Pakistani officials arrested alleged facilitators as part of a far broader investigation 61 According to The Wall Street Journal Shahzad received bomb making training from the Pakistani Taliban 62 The Pakistani Taliban are made up overwhelmingly of Pashtun tribesmen 63 64 According to CBS News Shahzad has been on the Department of Homeland Security travel lookout list since 1999 because he has been bringing in large amounts of cash approximately 80 000 into the United States 65 Attorney General Holder said the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attack We know that they helped facilitate it We know that they probably helped finance it and that he was working at their direction 66 Shahzad told interrogators that he was inspired by the radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki to take up the cause of al Qaeda 67 Via the Internet Shahzad contacted al Awlaki Baitullah Mehsud of the Pakistan Taliban who was killed in a drone strike in 2009 and a web of jihadists ABC News reported 68 69 According to a report of Al Arabiya Shahzad had recorded a suicide video in which he declared that he planned the attack as revenge for the U S war in Afghanistan In this video made before his attempted May 1 attack Shahzad was dressed in traditional tribal Pashtun clothing and was sitting with an assault rifle 70 The attack on the United States will be a revenge for all the mujahideen and oppressed Muslims Shahzad said in the tape according to Al Arabiya 70 Eight years have passed since the Afghanistan war and you shall see how the Muslim war has just begun and how Islam will spread across the world 70 71 Conviction Edit nbsp Shahzad is incarcerated at USP Florence ADMAX pictured hereOn October 5 2010 Shahzad was convicted and sentenced by federal judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum of the Southern District of New York to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole 72 73 74 When asked by the judge Didn t you swear allegiance to this country Shahzad a naturalized U S citizen replied I sweared but I didn t mean it 75 Shahzad wearing a white prayer cap smiled and said Allahu Akbar after hearing his sentence He said he would sacrifice a thousand lives for Allah 76 77 He claimed that War with Muslims has just begun and that the defeat of the US is imminent inshallah God willing 76 78 79 Shahzad responded to a judge asking about his justification for the bombing saying that US drone strikes don t see children they don t see anybody They kill women children they kill everybody 80 81 Shahzad is serving his life sentence at ADX Florence a supermax facility in Colorado where the most dangerous male inmates in the federal prison system are held It is part of the Florence Federal Correctional Complex 82 See also Edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Biography portalDavid Headley Chicago based Pakistani American who conspired with Lashkar e Taiba and Pakistani ex military officers to launch the 2008 Mumbai attacks Aafia Siddiqui U S educated Pakistani and al Qaeda member 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