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Faisal Shahzad: Times Square “Bomber”

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A surveillance camera, released by the New York City Police Department, Sunday, May 2, 2010, shows the Nissan Pathfinder used in the attempted attack on Times Square passing through the area early on Saturday evening, May 1, 2010. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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The bomb caused a terror scare that forced thousands of people to evacuate the Crossroads of the World and turned Times Square into a ghost town for hours. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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An unidentified T-shirt vendor, who is a Vietnam veteran, saw smoke billowing from a Nissan Pathfinder and alerted Police Officer Wayne Rhatigan, a mounted patrol cop, who looked inside the smoldering vehicle at around 6:30 p.m. on West 45th Street near Seventh Avenue in front of an entrance to the Minskoff Theatre. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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A Bomb Squad robot was used to handle the suspicious package in the back of the vehicle. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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Bomb Squad members then searched the SUV, which bore Connecticut license plates that were actually registered to a Ford F-150, and found two gasoline cans, three propane tanks, electrical wires, black powder, consumer grade fireworks and two clocks. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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Bomb Squad members search the SUV. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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There was a "box within a box" in the car, a 2X2X4 black gun locker, NYPD boss Ray Kelly said. Officials dismantled the first device and were in the process of rendering the second box safe at the department's firing range in the Bronx. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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An NYPD security camera caught the Pathfinder travelling west on West 45th Street at 6:28 p.m. and at 6:34 p.m. the 911 call came in. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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Crime Scene NYPD and FBI Agents collect evidence where the SUV was parked. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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Lance Porter, a t-shirt vendor and Vietnam veteran, saw smoke billowing from a Nissan Pathfinder and alerted Police Officer Wayne Rhatigan, a mounted patrol cop.

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A handout from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), showing the positioning of charges in the Nissan Pathfinder allegedly driven by Faisal Shahzad.

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Faisal Shazhad, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent arrested May 3, 2011 in connection to a failed car bombing attempt in New York City's Times Square. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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FBI Agents stand outside the home of Faisal Shahzad in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested for Saturday's failed Times Square Bombing attempt by Customs and Border Protection agents after he boarded an Emirates Airlines flight to Dubai at New York's JFK airport.

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FBI personnel remove evidence during a search of a house where Faisal Shahzad lived in Bridgeport.

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FBI agents remove evidence from a house where Faisal Shahzad lived.

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Members of the media wait outside the house in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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Faisal Shahzad, the suspect Times Square "Bomber" arrested in connection with attempted terrorist attack using a car bomb. VIDEO: Possible Pakistan Terror Link

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An FBI agent searches an alley on the property of a house where Faisal Shahzad lived.

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FBI investigators remove evidence.

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The FBI searches Shazad's residence.

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FBI investigators remove more evidence.

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FBI teams inspect evidence in the garage.

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New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly (L) delivers remarks as US Attorney General Eric Holder (R) and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (C) look on during a news conference on the attempted bombing at Times Square, at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force apprehended suspect Faisal Shahzad aboard a flight for Dubai.

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Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American would be bomber, the driver of a bomb-laden SUV into New York's Time Square on May 1. Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, was arrested late on May 3 at John F. Kennedy International Airport by FBI agents in New York as he tried to take a flight to Dubai.