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]]>1998 – A transcript found among discarded documents at Mr. Shahzad’s home shows he took courses in Pakistan through Southeastern University, in Washington, making B’s in accounting and humanities, a C in statistics and D’s in composition and microeconomics
Dec.1998 – Student Visa – Mr. Shahzad is granted a student visa. A criminal background check found nothing to disqualify him.
Fall 2000 – He receives a B.S. degree in computer applications and information systems from the University of Bridgeport, in Connecticut.
2001- According to a time card found among the discarded documents, Mr. Shahzad worked at the Stamford, Conn., office of Elizabeth Arden cosmetics.
2002 Work Visa – He is granted an H1-B visa, a classification reserved for foreign workers with skills needed in the U.S. economy.
May 2004 – Mr. Shahzad sells a two-bedroom condominium in Norwalk, Conn., for $261,000. The buyer, George Lamonica, said investigators from the Joint Terrorism Task Force interviewed him about the sale shortly afterward.
2004 New Home – Mr. Shahzad receives a mortgage for $200,000 on a home in Shelton, Conn., co-owned by Huma Anif Mian, later characterized on immigration papers as his wife.
Feb. 2005 – Ms. Mian petitions immigration to get a green card for Mr. Shahzad.
Summer 2005 – Mr. Shahzad earns an M.B.A. from the University of Bridgeport.
Jan. 2006 – His application for a green card is accepted.
2006 to Jun.2009 – Works as a junior financial analyst at the Norwalk office of Affinion, a financial marketing firm. then located at 100 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut.
Oct.2008 – Mr. Shahzad petitions for citizenship, citing his marriage to an American citizen, Ms. Mian.
Apr.17, 2009 – Before a federal magistrate, he takes the oath as a U.S. citizen. Just weeks after gaining U.S. citizenship, he abruptly quit his job and stopped making payments on his house, defaulting on the $218,400 mortgage. He moved out around May 2009, with his wife following about a month later. Shahzad and his family moved to Pakistan. A Shelton neighbor said that Shahzad and his wife spoke limited English, and had two young children, a girl and a boy
Jun.2, 2009 – According to immigration officials, Mr. Shahzad takes a flight to Dubai. He travels from there to Pakistan.
Jul. 2009 – Mr. Shahzad rents a truck with a friend and drives to Peshawar, staying for several weeks, investigators say.
Sep.2009 – Chase Home Finance forecloses on his Shelton home.
Feb.3, 2010 – Returns to US – He returns to the United States on a one-way ticket. He tells immigration authorities that he has been visiting his parents. On his return, he moves into an apartment in Bridgeport.
Apr.16, 2010 – gets Cell Phone – A prepaid cellular telephone is activated. It will be used to call a fireworks store and the seller of a used Nissan Pathfinder, and to receive four calls from a Pakistani number associated with Mr. Shahzad.
Apr.24, 2010 – Mr. Shahzad buys the Pathfinder in a supermarket parking lot, paying for it with 13 $100 bills.
May 1, 2010 – Executes Plot – A T-shirt vendor in Times Square heard a popping sound coming from the parked Pathfinder and alerted a mounted police officer.
May. 2, 2010 – Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York tells CNN that “the odds are quite high that this was a lone wolf.” Bloomberg tells Katie Curic probably a crazy person against the health care bill.
May 3, 2010 – Mr. Shahzad is taken off Emirates Flight 202 at Kennedy Airport and into custody.
May 4, 2010 – The interrogations – Mr. Shahzad admits trying to explode the bomb in Times Square, and says he received training in western Pakistan. He says he acted alone, but several people are arrested in Pakistan for connections to the bombing attempt. The FBI and NYPD searched Shahzad’s Bridgeport, Connecticut home at Sheridan Street and Boston Avenue. Materials related to the bomb were found in his apartment, including boxes that had contained the alarm clocks, and his car at the airport had a 9mm handgun with five full magazines of ammunition, according to law enforcement officials.
Source NYT
1998 – A transcript found among discarded documents at Mr. Shahzad’s home shows he took courses in Pakistan through Southeastern University, in Washington, making B’s in accounting and humanities, a C in statistics and D’s in composition and microeconomics
Dec.1998 – Student Visa – Mr. Shahzad is granted a student visa. A criminal background check found nothing to disqualify him.
Fall 2000 – He receives a B.S. degree in computer applications and information systems from the University of Bridgeport, in Connecticut.
2001- According to a time card found among the discarded documents, Mr. Shahzad worked at the Stamford, Conn., office of Elizabeth Arden cosmetics.
2002 Work Visa – He is granted an H1-B visa, a classification reserved for foreign workers with skills needed in the U.S. economy.
May 2004 – Mr. Shahzad sells a two-bedroom condominium in Norwalk, Conn., for $261,000. The buyer, George Lamonica, said investigators from the Joint Terrorism Task Force interviewed him about the sale shortly afterward.
2004 New Home – Mr. Shahzad receives a mortgage for $200,000 on a home in Shelton, Conn., co-owned by Huma Anif Mian, later characterized on immigration papers as his wife.
Feb. 2005 – Ms. Mian petitions immigration to get a green card for Mr. Shahzad.
Summer 2005 – Mr. Shahzad earns an M.B.A. from the University of Bridgeport.
Jan. 2006 – His application for a green card is accepted.
2006 to Jun.2009 – Works as a junior financial analyst at the Norwalk office of Affinion, a financial marketing firm. then located at 100 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut.
Oct.2008 – Mr. Shahzad petitions for citizenship, citing his marriage to an American citizen, Ms. Mian.
Apr.17, 2009 – Before a federal magistrate, he takes the oath as a U.S. citizen. Just weeks after gaining U.S. citizenship, he abruptly quit his job and stopped making payments on his house, defaulting on the $218,400 mortgage. He moved out around May 2009, with his wife following about a month later. Shahzad and his family moved to Pakistan. A Shelton neighbor said that Shahzad and his wife spoke limited English, and had two young children, a girl and a boy
Jun.2, 2009 – According to immigration officials, Mr. Shahzad takes a flight to Dubai. He travels from there to Pakistan.
Jul. 2009 – Mr. Shahzad rents a truck with a friend and drives to Peshawar, staying for several weeks, investigators say.
Sep.2009 – Chase Home Finance forecloses on his Shelton home.
Feb.3, 2010 – Returns to US – He returns to the United States on a one-way ticket. He tells immigration authorities that he has been visiting his parents. On his return, he moves into an apartment in Bridgeport.
Apr.16, 2010 – gets Cell Phone – A prepaid cellular telephone is activated. It will be used to call a fireworks store and the seller of a used Nissan Pathfinder, and to receive four calls from a Pakistani number associated with Mr. Shahzad.
Apr.24, 2010 – Mr. Shahzad buys the Pathfinder in a supermarket parking lot, paying for it with 13 $100 bills.
May 1, 2010 – Executes Plot – A T-shirt vendor in Times Square heard a popping sound coming from the parked Pathfinder and alerted a mounted police officer.
May. 2, 2010 – Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York tells CNN that “the odds are quite high that this was a lone wolf.” Bloomberg tells Katie Curic probably a crazy person against the health care bill.
May 3, 2010 – Mr. Shahzad is taken off Emirates Flight 202 at Kennedy Airport and into custody.
May 4, 2010 – The interrogations – Mr. Shahzad admits trying to explode the bomb in Times Square, and says he received training in western Pakistan. He says he acted alone, but several people are arrested in Pakistan for connections to the bombing attempt. The FBI and NYPD searched Shahzad’s Bridgeport, Connecticut home at Sheridan Street and Boston Avenue. Materials related to the bomb were found in his apartment, including boxes that had contained the alarm clocks, and his car at the airport had a 9mm handgun with five full magazines of ammunition, according to law enforcement officials.
Source NYT
]]>In January 2006, a female patient visited a psychologist’s home in New York and described her weird dream for the very first time. According to her there was a completely strange man who gave her lots of hints about her life in a dream. The psychologist drew the face out and put it on his desk.
Later, some other patients saw the picture when being treated and said they had dreamed similar dreams with the same face. Then the psychologist printed the picture and gave copies to many psychological doctors. It was not long before the doctor got response, many patients in different countries had experienced similar dreams.
In January 2006, a female patient visited a psychologist’s home in New York and described her weird dream for the very first time. According to her there was a completely strange man who gave her lots of hints about her life in a dream. The psychologist drew the face out and put it on his desk.
Later, some other patients saw the picture when being treated and said they had dreamed similar dreams with the same face. Then the psychologist printed the picture and gave copies to many psychological doctors. It was not long before the doctor got response, many patients in different countries had experienced similar dreams.
]]>Visitors to the website www.codexsinaiticus.org can now see images of more than half the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus manuscript.
Visitors to the website www.codexsinaiticus.org can now see images of more than half the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus manuscript.
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