Times Square Attempt Indicates Taliban's Broader Ambitions: Expert
06 May 2010
Jihadists and Times Square [interview], Council on Foreign Relations, 6 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the failed car bomb attack in Times Square, reportedly received training in the North Waziristan tribal area of Pakistan, and Pakistani authorities have arrested numerous Pakistani citizens in connection to the plot. The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility, though some within the Pakistani military doubt such...
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Mumbai Gunman Sentenced to Death
06 May 2010
, The Washington Post, 6 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The lone surviving Pakistani gunman in a 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai was sentenced Thursday to die for his role in the bloody siege that killed about 166 people and strained relations between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan. Ajmal Amir Kasab, 22, convicted of killing 52 people, sat still in the courtroom looking ashen...
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CIA Drones Have a Broader List of Targets
06 May 2010
CIA Drones Have a Broader List of Targets, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2010
EXCERPT: "The CIA received secret permission to attack a wider range of targets, including suspected militants whose names are not known, as part of a dramatic expansion of its campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan's border region, according to current and former counter-terrorism officials. The expanded authority, approved two years ago by the Bush administration...
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Kidnapped Former Spy, Journalist Freed
06 May 2010
Kidnapped Journalist Freed in Pakistan, International Press Institute, 6 May 2010
EXCERPT: "Asad Qureshi, a journalist who was kidnapped along with two former Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) operatives in the Kohat region of Pakistan last month, was released today, according to Pakistani broadcaster Dawn News. Qureshi, along with Colonel Imam, one of the former ISI operatives, with close ties to the Taliban in the region,...
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