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U.S. Investigators Probing Links To Possible Rogue Pakistani Agents

May 11 2010

Pakistan

American investigators are investigating a connection between the would-be Times Square bomber and rogue elements of Pakistan's intelligence organization, the Daily Telegraph (U.K.) reports.

As the son of a senior Pakistani military officer, the suspect Faisal Shahzad may have had contacts with intelligence agents who helped build the Afghan Taliban decades ago, an unnamed source said.

Pakistan has a history of using jihadi groups as a tool of its foreign policy. Some agents...

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