A mystery man paid $1,800 cash for the Nissan Pathfinder last month after meeting the seller through craigslist.com. Giancarli for NewsOfficials: Investigators Probe Possible Foreign Ties To Times Sq. Terror Plot -- Politico
The White House on Monday described Saturday’s failed car bomb attempt in New York City’s Times Square as an attempted act of terrorism, as U.S. officials suggested the plot may have had foreign links.
“I think anybody that has the type of material that they had in a car in Times Square, I would say that that was intended to terrorize,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said at the Monday press briefing. “Absolutely. And I would say that whoever did that would be categorized as a terrorist."
Gibbs said the administration is still investigation who’s responsible.
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Iraqi officials fight over vote recount.
Ahmadinejad, Clinton face off at U.N. nuclear meeting.
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Netanyahu meets Mubarak ahead of new Mid East talks.
ASIA
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Taiwan says will not seek U.S. help to fight wars.
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AFRICA
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EUROPE
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