THE TELEGRAPH: Faisal Shahzad seemed like a perfect embodiment of the American Dream but, US prosecutors allege, gave it up for jihad.
The quiet, privately-educated son of an retired air force officer had enjoyed almost textbook success since moving to America in 1998 on a student visa.
He earned a degree in computer applications and, after working at Elizabeth Arden, the cosmetics maker, he found a well-paid job for a financial services company.
Having secured his future in the US by finding an American wife, Huma Mian, the couple and their two young children appeared destined for a life of stable, suburban life in Connecticut. >>> Tom Leonard in New York and Ashfaq Yusufzai in Muhib Banda | Wednesday, May 05, 2010
LE TEMPS: La crainte d’un «nouveau modèle» terroriste : Si on ignore encore si l’auteur de l’attentat manqué à Times Square a agi seul ou en lien avec les talibans pakistanais, les actions de ce type sont de plus en plus difficiles à repérer >>> Luis Lema | Jeudi 06 Mai 2010
