Top of the Agenda: Times Square Bomb Suspect Confesses
Faisal Shahzad, who was pulled from a New York flight headed for Dubai, confessed to plotting a car bombing (WSJ) in New York's Times Square and training in a terrorist camp in Pakistan. Shahzad was charged with five terrorism-related charges, and Pakistani authorities arrested several people overseas who had been in contact with him. Among those arrested were Tohid Ahmed, who had emailed with Shahzad while he was in the United States, and some members of Shahzad's family. Shahzad said he received bomb-making training in the tribal region of Waziristan bordering Afghanistan. That Shahzad was stopped only after boarding the flight has raised questions about why he was not apprehended earlier. Shahzad's name was added to a watchlist as early as Sunday.
The New York Times reports at least two lapses in the government's security response: The FBI lost track of him before he drove to JFK Airport, and Emirates airline failed to act on a midday message notifying it to check the no-fly list.
Analysis:
In the Wall Street Journal, Sadanand Dhume says the number of Islamic terrorists from Pakistan (WSJ) can be explained by the country's creation from the Muslim-majority areas of British India in 1947, as it was the first modern nation based solely on Islam.
On ForeignPolicy.com, Josh Rogin says the Times Square bombing attempt comes at a bad time for U.S.-Pakistan relations, as officials hash out a new agreement on military and intelligence cooperation.
The domestic introduction of terrorist techniques may be harder to thwart than those to which U.S. homeland security became attuned after September 11, writes CFR's Steven Simon, with Jonathan Stevenson, in this Washington Post op-ed.
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