attempted times square bombing

On May 1st, 2010 Faisal Shahzad reminded New York and the world just how eminent the threat of a terrorist attack still is by parking a car in the middle of one of the world's most busiest areas: Times Square. He abandoned the car which had the materials to make a bomb in it. Apparently the bomb was set off however it was a bit faulty and luckily enough there were no casualties because the bomb never exploded. Imagine if there had been though? What if the bomb had gone off? What if there had been injuries/casulaties? It is nerve racking to think that had that bomb actually been assembled correctly and it did go off what the effects would have been. The world cannot handle another 9/11.

Faisal Shahzad is a Pakistani-American (he just earned his citizenship last year). He lived in Connecticut with his family. He sounds like a normal guy to me--He is a well educated man who came from a well-to-do wealthy family. He had a decent job as a financial analyst. Seems relatively normal to me! So what made Faisal Shahzad do what he did? What can make a man who seems on the level just turn like that? I have to agree with the news sources who said he basically threw away his life. I have been reading up on this man from several news sources and they all seem to say the same thing. He was a quiet and happy family man with a wife and children. He owned a luxury car and a condo in Connecticut. What more could a man ask for? Family, money, house, car?? What went wrong with this man? Sources say in 2008 is when Shahzad started to have a change of behavior....did the economic downturn make him radically change his behavior so much that he hated America?

Another question that is irking me to death's end is why on earth did the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security and other security forces not pick up on this guy sooner?? If he is on some sort of watchlist why was he not watched? Why was he not on some sort of surveilance? How did it take this long for all this information to come out about him? This really shakes me up because there are possibly hundreds others like him living in America who might just flip at the drop of a hat. Furthermore, eventhough he was arrested it was by the skin of someone's teeth because apparently Shahzad had already paid for the ticket, went through security and boarded the plane. The flight was about to take off before authorities realized he was on the no-fly list.

At any rate, I cannot fathom the effects of another terrorist attack. 9/11 even though it happened almost a decade ago is still too fresh in the minds of the American people; especially new yorkers. If the bomb did in fact go off who knows how many could have been injured or killed. It happened on a Saturday night in Times Square of all places. Wow. Catastrophic cannot even begin to describe things.

However, thank God Faisal Shahzad was arrested within two days of the planned terror attack. Honestly, the guy was an idiot on that part. Who tries to board a flight headed to the Middle East after an attempted attack? Obviously, security is going to be heightened at bridges, tunnels, any roadway and most especially airports. He tried to board a flight bound for the Emirates only two days after the attempted attack. Supposedly, he had financing from terrorist organizations and had been receving money from them for months now. He also receiving training from the Pakistani Taliban which helped him in preparing bombs.

Luckily for the U.S. Faisal was willing to cooperate with authorities. He was indicted on ten different counts. Thank God this guy was caught and arrested before he did any serious damage to the United States. While I am outraged and angered by some of the things the U.S. does it most certainly does not mean I agree with the radical ideologies of people like Faisal Shahzad. Any person who can take innocent human lives is a despicable humanbeing who does not deserve to see anything more than a jail cell. May God forgive him for his sins and May God bless the United States.