Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American who tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square, has numerous links to the Taliban in Pakistan and there are increasing indications that he was not a “lone wolf' as was initially assumed. The plot is proof that the Taliban is just as much a terrorist group as Al-Qaeda and must be treated the same way.
The media and public officials were quick to say that the attacker was probably a “lone wolf' and perhaps not even a Muslim. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, “If I had to guess 25 centers…[it's] somebody who's homegrown, maybe a mentally deranged person or someone with a political agenda that doesn't like the health care bill or something, it could be anything.' General Petraeus, amazingly, has just said that Shahzad is a “lone wolf' that was only inspired by Pakistani terrorists, and did not have direct contact with them. This theory is laughable in the face of new evidence. |