Pakistani Immigrants to the United States - Faisal Shahzad, Saggy Tahir, Muzzammil Hassan, Nadia Ali, Mohammed Salman Hamdani, Ambreen Butt (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Faisal Shahzad, Saggy Tahir, Muzzammil Hassan, Nadia Ali, Mohammed Salman Hamdani, Ambreen Butt, Sada Cumber, Mohammed Junaid Babar, Ayesha Jalal, Syed Fahad Hashmi, Riffat Hassan, Farooque Ahmed, Ali S. Khan, Dilshad Vadsaria, Fred Hassan, Mohibullah "Mo" Khan, Mehr Hassan, Faisal Alam, Iqbal Theba, Imad Rahman. Excerpt: Faisal Shahzad (Urdu: born, 1979) is a Pakistani American of Pashtun descent, who attempted the May 1, 2010, Times Square car bombing. On, 2010, in Federal District Court in Manhattan he confessed to 10 counts arising from the bombing attempt. Throughout his court appearance, Shahzad was unrepentant, and the United States attorney indicated there was no plea deal, so Shahzad faced the maximum sentence, a mandatory life term. Shahzad was arrested approximately 53 hours after the attempt, at EDT on, 2010, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. He was taken into custody at John F. Kennedy International Airport, after boarding Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai. His final destination had been Islamabad, Pakistan. A federal complaint was filed on, alleging that Shahzad committed five terrorism-related crimes, including the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Shahzad waived his constitutional right to a speedy hearing. Shahzad has reportedly implicated himself in the crimes, and has given information to authorities since his arrest after receiving Miranda warnings. CBS News reported that Shahzad admitted training in bomb-making at a terrorist camp run by a militant Islamist faction in the Waziristan region of Pakistan. As of, Shahzad was continuing to answer questions and provide intelligence to investigators. Over a dozen people were arrested by Pakistani officials in connection with the plot. On October 5, 2010, Shahzad was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of ...