ISLAMABAD -- An employee at Pakistan's state-run Islamic advisory body has been detained for allegedly playing an important role in assisting the failed New York Times Square car bomber, an intelligence officer said Thursday.
| And who would know better about the movements of Paks than an ISI intelligence officer? |
The suspect accompanied Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistan-American bomber, to Pakistan's northwest to meet militant leaders, said the officer.
"And this is Muhammed, and this is Mohammid, and this is Mohammad, and this guy, we just call him Mo."
"Pleased to meet all of yas!" |
The suspect, identified as Faisal Abbasi, was with Shahzad throughout his time in Pakistan, the officer said. He said Abbasi worked for the government's Council of Islamic Ideology, which advises on Islamic affairs.
| And also ensures that the various cut-throats in Wazoo and the Northwest Frontier have the proper ideology, and that the cut-throats sent on missions abroad are properly hopped up with religion ... |
The secretary general of the council confirmed Abbasi had worked there but had been on "vacation" for the last three months.
"Vacation, huh? Where you been?"
"Manhattan."
"Why'd you go there?"
"I wanted to see the Twin Towers." |
Pakistan has already charged three men with assisting Shahzad while in Pakistan and sending him money in America. Shahzad, who lived in Connecticut, is due to be sentenced in the United States on Oct. 5. He has pleaded guilty to the May 1 failed bombing in New York. |