Somali Terrorist On The Loose!

Money woes changed NYC suspect, friend says

By James Barron and Sabrina Tavernise

updated 7:01 a.m. CT, Thurs., May 6, 2010

Theirs was an arranged marriage: two well-educated children of prominent Pakistani families set up through a mutual friend. He was the quiet one; she was the one who laughed at parties.

At their wedding in Peshawar six years ago, men and women danced separately but also together, “a rarity at that time,” recalled one guest. “It was such a huge gathering that even their family friends from Qatar came.”

When they returned to the United States, his colleagues at the cosmetics maker Elizabeth Arden celebrated with a small office party. 

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Bomb suspect lost Conn. home to foreclosure

Jessica Hill / AP

Law enforcement officials on Tuesday search the home where Faisal Shahzad lived in Bridgeport, Conn.

The suspect in the Times Square bombing attempt defaulted on a $200,000 mortgage on a Connecticut home and the Shelton property is now in foreclosure, according to court records.

The foreclosure records show that Faisal Shahzad took out the mortgage in 2004 and that he co-owned the home with a woman named Huma Mian.

Chase Home Finance LLC sued Shahzad, 30, in September to force the foreclosure. The case is pending in Milford Superior Court.

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