"Although he spent more than half an hour laying out his story before a federal court in New York on Monday as he said he was pleading guilty to 10 charges relating to his failed May 1 attempt to set off a car bomb in Times Square, Faisal Shahzad left some important questions unanswered. Exactly how did he hook up with the acknowledged sponsors of the attack, the Pakistani Taliban, formally known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP)? Who imbued him with such a burning hatred of America that he set out to seek terrorist training only weeks after being sworn in as a U.S. citizen? And how is it, if he was trained by one of the world’s most deadly terrorist groups, that he built a bomb according to most experts was so poorly designed and assembled that it would never have gone off under any circumstances?"Americans have a remarkable gift at ignoring massive holes in the Official Story.
Pacific Community Members Welcome European Union As Permanent Observer
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Noumea – After several decades of joint actions in support of the region’s
development, the partnership between the Pacific Community (SPC) and
European Un...
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