Star Wars Day: ‘may the fourth be with you’, say fans in tribute to cult films Star Wars fans on Tuesday said “may the fourth be with you” in tribute to the Hollywood films, on the unofficial day honouring the cult movies. By Andrew Hough telegraph.co.uk Star Wars fans dressed as storm troopers during a parade in America. Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES Yoda, a Jedi Master, was famous for his inverted speech patterns. Photo: REUTERS Carrie Fisher was Princess Leia in the original trilogy. Photo: LUCASFILM George Lucas, the director behind the franchise, is thought to be wanting to make the … Continue reading Star Wars Day: ‘may the fourth be with you’

Suspect Faisal Shahzad, who had been US citizen for a year, appears to have fallen victim to recession Andrew Clark guardian.co.uk Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American suspected of driving a car bomb into New York’s Times Square. Photograph: Reuters Described by a neighbour as “a little bit strange”, the alleged Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad kept a low profile in his suburban neighbourhood and, like many, had faced the loss of his family home to bank repossession. Originally from Pakistan, Shahzad, 30, pledged allegiance to the Stars and Stripes in April last year during a citizenship ceremony in Hartford, Connecticut, having … Continue reading Faisal Shahzad: profile of the alleged Times Square bomber

President says terrorists’ ‘murderous agenda’ will not scare Americans as officials question chief suspect Faisal Shahzad Andrew Clark in New York and Declan Walsh in Islamabad guardian.co.uk Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American suspected of driving a car bomb into New York’s Time Square. Photograph: Staff/Reuters President Barack Obama vowed that Americans would not be cowed by the “murderous agenda” of violent extremists today as a US citizen of Pakistani origin, Faisal Shahzad, confessed to planting a car bomb intended to cause carnage in Times Square, New York. Federal prosecutors tonight charged Shahzad with five criminal counts including transporting an explosive device … Continue reading Times Square bomb: We will not be cowed, says Barack Obama

Opaque and unaccountable counter-terror thenews.com.pk Mosharraf Zaidi The murder of Pakistan’s international man of mystery, Khalid Khawaja, should awaken Pakistanis on all points in the political, religious and social spectrum to the depth and complexity of the terrorists’ challenge to Pakistan. Khawaja was, what many investment bankers would call, a relationship manager. Along with a small group of others, he helped manage Pakistan’s various and increasingly complex relationships with terrorist groups. That he had spent an increasing share of his time in recent months trying to cool down and temper the responses of terrorists to the Pakistani state’s full-scale war … Continue reading Even apologetic Extremist Mullahs will be Takfiri Mullahs victims

At the edge of an abyss By Shahid Javed Burki dawn.com Unless the government takes stock of the current situation and carefully assesses the future, there is a real possibility that we will fall behind all the countries in the region if not into the abyss itself. — Photo by PPI Pakistan PML-N to act against energy crisis, price hike: Nawaz PML-N to act against energy crisis, price hike: Nawaz Pakistan’s current economic situation calls for a fundamental change in the way the economy has been managed over the last couple of decades. Much has been said and written about … Continue reading Either Pakistan modernises or destroys itself in Mullahism

Blackberry ‘predicted a century ago’ by pioneering physicist Nikola Tesla The Blackberry was first predicted more than a century ago, by Nikola Tesla, the electrical engineer, it has been claimed. By Andrew Hough telegraph.co.uk Tesla wrote that, one day it would be possible to transmit wireless messages all over the world. Photo: AFP US President Barack Obama, a fan of the Blackberry, uses the device as he walks to the Oval Office. Photo: AFP The invention of the Blackberry was predicted over a 100 years ago by Tesla. Photo: AP Tesla, a pioneering American physicist, made the prediction about the … Continue reading Blackberry was first predicted more than a century ago!

Times Square bomb plot: Don’t rush to judgment Whether the person behind the bungled Times Square bomb was Taliban or Tea Partier, all we have to fear is fear itself Robert Dreyfuss guardian.co.uk A police officer stands guard in Times Square as the area resumes normal operations, with increased police presence, following the discovery of a car bomb. Photograph: Yana Paskova/Getty Images It may be that the Pakistan-based Taliban, the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has quietly established a Connecticut franchise while we weren’t looking. That’s possible. But it seems far more likely to me that the perpetrator of the bungled … Continue reading Sarah Palins terrorists involved in Times Square bomb plot?