54 Facts About Faisal Shahzad

The United States Attorney indicated there was no plea deal, so Shahzad faced the maximum sentence, a mandatory life term.

Faisal Shahzad was arrested approximately 53 hours after the attempt, at EDT on, 2010, by US Customs and Border Protection officers.

Faisal Shahzad was arrested at John F Kennedy International Airport, after boarding Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai.

Faisal Shahzad has reportedly implicated himself in the crimes, and has given information to authorities since his arrest.

Faisal Shahzad admitted training in bomb-making at a camp run by the Taliban in the Waziristan region in Pakistan along the Afghan border.

Faisal Shahzad is married and the father of two young children, both born in the United States.

Faisal Shahzad worked for two major companies, Arden and Affinion Group, as a financial analyst before quitting his jobs.

Faisal Shahzad separated from his wife, Huma Mian, in 2009 and she returned with their children to her parents in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Faisal Shahzad was born in Pakistan in either Karachi or Pabbi, the youngest of four children.

Faisal Shahzad's father was born in the village of Mohib Banda.

Faisal Shahzad comes from a wealthy, well-educated family in northwest Pakistan.

Faisal Shahzad's father was a senior official in the Pakistan Air Force, holding the rank of air vice-marshal before leaving the air force in 1992.

Faisal Shahzad is a deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan.

Faisal Shahzad had begun as a common airman, but became a fighter pilot excelling in aerobatics, and was posted in England and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Faisal Shahzad is probably of mixed ethnic background because the Government of Pakistan stated that he is of Kashmiri descent but Faisal Shahzad identified himself as Pashtun.

Faisal Shahzad had lost his home to foreclosure last year.

Faisal Shahzad's family moved with his father's military postings, and the boy attended primary school in Saudi Arabia, according to documents found outside his Shelton home.

Kifayat Ali, a man who said he is a cousin of Faisal Shahzad's father, insisted that Faisal Shahzad's family had no political affiliations.

Faisal Shahzad said the arrest of Shahzad appeared to be a "conspiracy so that the [Americans] can bomb more Pashtuns", and that Shahzad "was never linked to any political or religious party [in Pakistan]".

Faisal Shahzad studied for five semesters in 1997 and 1998 at the now-defunct Southeastern University in Washington DC, where he took mostly business classes.

Faisal Shahzad received several Cs and Ds, an F in basic statistics, and a grade point average of 2.78.

In 2000, Faisal Shahzad transferred to the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Faisal Shahzad remained in the US for three years on that visa, earning a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Bridgeport in 2005.

Faisal Shahzad worked as a junior financial analyst in the accounting department at the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics company in Stamford, Connecticut, while he was still working on his master's degree.

Faisal Shahzad complained to friends that the company never raised his salary above $50,000.

On December 24,2004, in an arranged marriage in Peshawar, Pakistan, Faisal Shahzad married Huma Asif Mian.

Faisal Shahzad has written a number of books and technical manuals, including a best-selling book on project economics and decision analysis; worked for companies such as Saudi Aramco and Qatar General Petroleum; and has two master's degrees from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.

In 2002, Faisal Shahzad bought a Mercedes automobile and a $205,000 condominium in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Faisal Shahzad sold the condo in May 2004 to George LaMonica for a $56,000 profit.

In January 2006, Faisal Shahzad was granted permanent residence status.

Faisal Shahzad bought a new single-family three-bedroom home in Shelton, Connecticut, just outside Bridgeport in 2006, at which he and his family lived.

Faisal Shahzad was naturalized as a US citizen on, 2009.

Faisal Shahzad's marriage became strained in 2009 as he pressured his wife Huma to wear a hijab and insisted that the family return to live in Pakistan while he searched for a job in the Middle East.

Faisal Shahzad refused, and actually left the United States herself, taking their children with her to live with her parents in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Faisal Shahzad defaulted on the mortgage of his house, and was sued by the bank in September 2009 as it foreclosed on his home.

Faisal Shahzad began to pray five times a day, at mosques in Stamford, Norwalk, and Bridgeport.

On, 2006, Faisal Shahzad had sent a long e-mail message to a number of friends.

On July 3,2009, Faisal Shahzad reportedly traveled to Pakistan and is believed to have visited Peshawar, a gateway to the militant-occupied tribal regions of Pakistan and stayed there from to.

Time suggested that his family's background in northwestern Pakistan meant that Faisal Shahzad likely spoke Pashto, a rare asset for a Western volunteer in the training camps.

Faisal Shahzad was believed to have bought the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that was used in the car bomb attempt within three weeks prior to the incident.

Faisal Shahzad reportedly paid a Connecticut woman for it in $100 bills.

Faisal Shahzad paid the money and received the car at a Connecticut shopping center, without any formal paperwork being exchanged.

Faisal Shahzad was arrested approximately 53 hours after the incident, at EDT on, 2010, by US Customs and Border Protection officers.

Faisal Shahzad was taken into custody at John F Kennedy International Airport, as he sat on board Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai.

Faisal Shahzad's flight was minutes from takeoff but was recalled to the gate.

Faisal Shahzad had been placed on the no-fly list on Monday, at when investigators became more certain he was a suspect in the bombing attempt two days before.

Emirates airline agents did not check the no-fly list for added names at when Faisal Shahzad made a reservation, or at when he purchased the ticket at the airport with cash.

Holder later said that Faisal Shahzad had admitted involvement in the incident, and that he was providing useful information.

Faisal Shahzad was later read his Miranda rights, and continued to cooperate and provide information.

On, Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to all the charges against him.

Pakistani intelligence officials said a man named Tauseef, a friend of Faisal Shahzad, was detained in Karachi in connection with the case.

Faisal Shahzad told interrogators that he was "inspired by" the radical cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, to take up the cause of al-Qaeda.

Via the Internet, Faisal Shahzad contacted al-Awlaki, Baitullah Mehsud, of the Pakistan Taliban ; and a web of jihadists, ABC News reported.

On October 5,2010, Faisal Shahzad was convicted and sentenced by federal judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum of the Southern District of New York to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.