Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Pakistan American Terrorist Incidents

Pakistan American Terrorist Incidents ---

There are relatively few Pakistanis or Muslims in mass attacks or attack plots in the United States compared to, say, Vietnamese, Chinese or Koreans.

*Timeline


  1. 14 killed 18 injured December 2, 2015  San Bernardino Domestic Islamist Terrorist Mass Shooting A mass shooting occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, with 14 dead and 18 injured.  Man that sat at same table with Syed seemed to say nothing was wrong, then Syed quietly slipped out, leaving his jacket. The shooters targeted a party for employees of the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, held in an auditorium with at least 100 people, before fleeing in an black Ford Expedition SUV.  Two perpetrators, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, dropped off their baby with grandparents before the attack, and were killed by police after gunfire was exchanged with the occupants of the SUV. Farook had attended the party as a county employee. Farook was born in the US to parents from Pakistan. His wife was born in Pakistan and they met in Saudi Arabia.
  2. May 1, 2010; 6:28 p.m. ... 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt - Wikipedia WikipediaThe 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt was an attempted terrorist attack ...Holder said the Pakistani Taliban directed the attack and may have financed it. According to the Wall Street Journal, Shahzad received bomb-making training from the Pakistani Taliban. Shahzad had been on the Department of Homeland Security travel lookout list since 1999 because he has been bringing in large amounts of cash (approximately $80,000) into the United States. Perpetrator‎: ‎Faisal Shahzad . "Probe in failed Times Square attack focusing on Pakistani Taliban". Washington Post. Pakistan native arrested in Times Square bomb case The Washington Post May 4, 2010 - Authorities arrested the man suspected in the Times Square car bomb plot as he attempted to flee the country Monday night. 
  3. October 3, 2009 David Headley - Wikipedia Involvement in terrorism - [edit]. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, whom Gilani befriended. In exchange for information about Pakistani drug contacts, ... David Coleman Headley (born Daood Sayed Gilani; 30 June 1960) is an American terrorist of Pakistani origin, and a spy who conspired with the Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist organization and Pakistani intelligence officers in plotting the 2008 Mumbai attacks.  It has been alleged that, between 2002 and 2005, Headley made several trips to Pakistan for Lashkar training while simultaneously working as an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, but this is disputed. Under the direction of Lashkar chiefs, Headley performed five spying missions in Mumbai to scout targets for the attacks, which killed 168 people. The following year, he performed a similar mission in Copenhagen to help plan an attack against the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which had published cartoons of Muhammad. He was arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago while on his way to Pakistan in October 2009. On December 8, 2009, the FBI additionally accused Headley of conspiring to bomb targets in Mumbai, India; providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba. January 24, 2013, a U.S. federal court sentenced Headley to 35 years in prison for his role in the Mumbai attacks. [2][4]A Perfect Terrorist | FRONTLINE - PBS PBS His name was David Coleman Headley, and he'd been chosen for the job because he had the ... Terror Group Recruits From Pakistan's "Best and Brightest".  FBI — Chicago Resident David Coleman Headley Pleads ... Federal Bureau of InvestigationMar 18, 2010 - CHICAGO—David Coleman Headley, a U.S. citizen of partial ... with the Government since he was arrested on Oct. 3, 2009, and the plea .

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