The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday, May 11, that U.S officials were investigating a connection between Faisal Shahzad, the suspect in the Times Square attempted bombing, and elements of Pakinstan’s intelligence service. An unnamed source told The Daily Telegraph that Shahzad’s “background as the son of a senior Air Force officer may have brought him into contact with intelligence agents who helped build the Afghan Taliban and who have channeled cash and training to home-grown Jihadis.”
According to an article published by the Homeland Security News Wire on Wednesday, May 12, many terrorists groups in Pakistan are supported, or were created, by the ISI “to be used in the on-going conflict with India over Kashmir.” It also reported that in the past five years, “the ISI and Pakistani military provided training and logistical support for several terrorist attacks inside India — the most recent one being the December 2008 attack in Mumbai, which killed 166 people.”
Further reading: Homeland Security News Wire story, The Daily Telegraph story
