TIMESSQUARE-MUMBAI 2LST

The American television network said an official briefed
on FBI interrogation had said that Shahzad had told federal
agents that he was angry at CIA missile strikes in Pakistan
and suffered a personal crisis.
He also reportedly said that he carried out the attempted
bombing because he was under duress and that he feared for his
family's safety if he didn't fulfil the mission.
ABC also said that Shahzad was also in contact with
notorious Yemeni cleric Anwar Awlaki. The New York Times
reported that Shahzad was "inspired" by the words of the
radical cleric who is a US citizen."
So far, seven men have been arrested in connection with
the foiled bomb plot in Times Square. Shahzad continues to
cooperate with the FBI in giving information about the foiled
bomb plot.
Based on the several round of interrogation of Faisal
Shahzad, the Times Square bomb suspect, and initial
investigations both in the US and Pakistan, authorities now
say that the Pakistani American had ties with the Pakistani
Taliban.
However, media reports said, the federal investigating
authorities have so far not been able to determine the nature
of those ties.
"A US official said earlier in the day that connections
to TTP were "plausible," but noted that numerous connections
among insurgent groups in Pakistan made it difficult to zero
in on a single responsible group" CNN reported.
The advance came shortly after a senior US official said
that new leads developed from the Pakistani end of the
investigation show Shahzad likely had training in Pakistan
from extremists.
A senior US Official now says there are new leads that
show that the Times Square bomb suspect, Faisal Shahzad, did
likely get training in Pakistan. US investigators there have
questioned men suspected of ties to a Pakistani militant group
and they're continuing to connect the dots here in the United
States. PTI BS
RBT


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