Where did Time Square Bomber Faisal Shahzad learn how to build bombs?”
Defeat of Times Square car bomb was terrorist’s failure, not our victory A massive fireball rolling across the heart of the theater district leaving New Yorkers and tourists dead or burned would have had an effect that went beyond the casualties of the wreckage and smoke. It would have hurt New York’s economy, from the theaters to tourism. It would have rekindled the emotions of 9/11 in a city that had to conquer fear of the terrorist threat after it had reversed the tide of violent crime. The events of Saturday night should make us pause and think. The good news is that everyone did their job the right way. The alert citizens who called police attention to the suspicious car. The fast response of police to evacuate the most crowded place in the city on a Saturday and the bomb squad officers who disabled the huge firebomb. Not to mention the able work of the FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorist Task Force and the Department of Homeland Security in identifying a suspect who had gone to great length
A massive fireball rolling across the heart of the theater district leaving New Yorkers and tourists dead or burned would have had an effect that went beyond the casualties of the wreckage and smoke. It would have hurt New York’s economy, from the theaters to tourism. It would have rekindled the emotions of 9/11 in a city that had to conquer fear of the terrorist threat after it had reversed the tide of violent crime. The events of Saturday night should make us pause and think. The good news is that everyone did their job the right way. The alert citizens who called police attention to the suspicious car. The fast response of police to evacuate the most crowded place in the city on a Saturday and the bomb squad officers who disabled the huge firebomb. Not to mention the able work of the FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorist Task Force and the Department of Homeland Security in identifying a suspect who had gone to great lengths to leave no paper or electronic trail. The case was solved in about 50
Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the attempted New York City Times Square bombing, has told investigators that he had received bomb-making training in the Pakistani region of Waziristan. Typically, such training takes place in camps tucked away in mountainous regions like Waziristan, protected by the rugged terrain and lack of government. It’s not known yet at which camp Mr. Shahzad may have spent time. Despite a yearlong offensive by the Pakistani military and an escalation in the use of American drones, terrorist training camps have proved difficult to wipe out. Reasons include the minimal infrastructure of the camps, their remote locations, and, at times, official acquiescence.
