Times Square Bomb Attempt

Bomb threat reported at Newtown church

Police have given all clear after church was evacuated in school shooting town

Natasha Lennard Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 7:23 PM UTC
News Newtown school shooting

Study: Internet Jihadists are silly conspiracy theorists

A look at pro-terrorism message boards shows a deluded community in a bubble of misinformation

Alex Pareene Thursday, Sep 30, 2010 2:45 PM UTC 70
Politics Terrorism, War Room

Times Square car bomb suspect pleads guilty in NYC

Faisal Shahzad tells the court that he wants "to plead guilty and 100 times more" and warns of future attacks

Tom Hays, Associated Press Monday, Jun 21, 2010 9:38 PM UTC
News Faisal Shahzad, New York City

NYC bomb suspect looked at other targets

Faisal Shahzad considered Grand Central Terminal and Rockefeller Center before deciding on Times Square

Tom Hays, Associated Press Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:12 PM UTC
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Times Square car bomb suspect appears in N.Y. court

U.S. attorney: Suspect "has provided valuable intelligence"

Tom Hays and Colleen Long, Associated Press Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:43 PM UTC
News Times Square Bomb Attempt

Times Square bomb suspect’s detention challenged

Defense lawyer who says he doesn't represent Faisal Shahzad says authorities violated alleged terrorist's rights

Associated Press Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:35 PM UTC
News Times Square Bomb Attempt

Terrorism: The inevitable blowback from drone attacks

If a foreign power were dropping missiles on your town, would you call the resistance "terrorism"?

David Sirota Saturday, May 15, 2010 1:01 AM UTC 183
All Salon Terrorism

Sleepy Kit Bond naps through intelligence briefing

Orrin Hatch's excuse for his friend: The briefing room lights are too bright

Alex Pareene Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:41 PM UTC
Politics U.S. Senate, Faisal Shahzad

FBI executes searches related to Times Square plot

FBI searches multiple homes in Northeast and holds two people in custody on alleged immigration violations

Mark Pratt, Associated Press Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:31 PM UTC
News Times Square Bomb Attempt

The assimilated terrorist: An outsider no longer

Globalization allows citizens like Faisal Shahzad to keep a foot in two strikingly different cultures

Jesse Washington, Associated Press Monday, May 10, 2010 12:33 PM UTC 12
News Faisal Shahzad, Globalization

Liberals are making the wrong case against racial profiling

Stop arguing that it doesn't work (because sometimes it does!) and start arguing that it's morally wrong

Ben Eidelson Sunday, May 9, 2010 9:01 PM UTC 68
All Salon Times Square Bomb Attempt

Police claim Shahzad bombed Times Square cheaply

Authorities say admitted SUV terrorist Faisal Shahzad financed attack with a mere seven thousand dollars

David B. Caruso, Associated Press Saturday, May 8, 2010 5:53 PM UTC 10
News Times Square Bomb Attempt

Petraeus: Times Square terrorist was unassisted

Central Command general says Shahzad was inspired by Pakistani militants, but had no contact with them

Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press Friday, May 7, 2010 11:01 PM UTC
News Times Square Bomb Attempt

Faisal Shahzad was not trained anywhere

The sad bomber went to Pakistan, but the FBI doubts anyone taught him to make a bomb

Alex Pareene Friday, May 7, 2010 7:45 PM UTC 25
Politics Times Square Bomb Attempt

NYPD bomb squad gives all-clear in Times Square

Streets reopened after suspicious package turns out not to have been a threat

Associated Press Friday, May 7, 2010 6:35 PM UTC
News Times Square Bomb Attempt

My daughter almost had a terrorist’s name

For American Muslims, surnames have become loaded. This week, I'm relieved I didn't pass on my husband's: Shahzad

Shazia Ali Friday, May 7, 2010 1:27 PM UTC 36
Life Faisal Shahzad, Parenting

The Daily Show on the Christian conservative gaycation

Everything in the world is going to hell, but Jon Stewart just wants to talk about rentboys

Gabriel Winant Friday, May 7, 2010 1:08 PM UTC 29
Politics The Daily Show, War Room

Pakistan: Times Sq. bomb suspect didn’t act alone

Interior Minister working with U.S. to investigate possible connections with Islamic terrorist groups

Associated Press Friday, May 7, 2010 12:16 PM UTC
News Times Square Bomb Attempt

In this era, “homeland security” is an oxymoron

With Faisal Shahzad's failed plot, we got lucky. Again. But sooner or later, our luck is going to run out

Mary Ann Sorrentino Friday, May 7, 2010 1:01 AM UTC 55
News Times Square Bomb Attempt

Is Obama’s war on terror working?

Republicans complain that the Times Square bomb fizzle was pure luck. But why are so many terror plots botched?

Joe Conason Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:07 PM UTC 37
Politics Times Square Bomb Attempt

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