While federal officials have recently conducted raids in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts in an attempt to answer that question, one possible international source has emerged: Shahzad's father.
A senior Western diplomat in Islamabad tells Declassified that sometime just before Shahzad’s attempted bombing the would-be terrorist had asked his father, a highly respected former Pakistani Air Vice Marshal named Baharul Haq, to send him money. The ambassador did not know how much money Shahzad asked for or exactly when he asked for it. But Shahzad seems to have burned through a lot of money quite quickly.
There's a word for terrorists like this: CLEVER!! Who will be the next source of financial aid for the terrorists? Gramma and Grampa? SHREWD!! How can we stop them?!?!
Most joking aside, I'd hate to be Faisal at the next family reunion. Talk about familial guilt!!
"Don't let Faisal be in charge of the BBQ--we'll NEVER eat, then!"
"Hey, Faisal, long time no see--here's a DVD for you--it's the episode of Mythbusters where they bust the myth that you can turn a propane tank into a bomb."
"Hey, Faisal, don't expect any more money from dad, OK? You kinda screwed the pooch with that last loan. Mom's still not talking to you."
"You'll be lucky to get one-and-a-half virgins in heaven after that last mess!"
Ten years from now, he still won't have lived it down!
Well, assuming he's out of prison by then...
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