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[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8660370.stm "]NY bomb-plot suspect charged with terrorism[/url]



A Pakistan-born US citizen has been charged with terrorism over the failed car-bomb attack in New York's Times Square on Saturday.



Faisal Shahzad, 30, was also charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, according to documents filed at Manhattan federal court.



Mr Shahzad was arrested on a Dubai-bound plane at JFK airport on Monday.



Earlier, President Barack Obama vowed that Americans would "not cower in fear" after Saturday's bombing attempt.



He said the incident was a "sobering reminder of the times in which we live" and vowed that justice would be done.



Militant training



Mr Shahzad is believed to have bought an SUV that was found loaded with an improvised explosive device in Times Square.



Investigators said the Connecticut resident had implicated himself and told them he was acting alone.



But court documents stated that he admitted having attended a militant training camp in the lawless Pakistani tribal region of Waziristan.



He apparently told investigators the plot had begun in December last year.



The FBI searched Mr Shahzad's home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Tuesday morning and removed several filled plastic bags.



[size="5"][color="#FF0000"]Sources have told the BBC that Mr Shahzad is the son of retired Air Vice Marshal Bahar-ul-Haque, a former head of Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, but this is unconfirmed[/color][/size].



His family is said to come from the northern frontier city of Peshawar, close to the strongholds and training grounds of the Taliban.



Pakistani sources said Mr Shahzad married in Peshawar two years ago and his wife and at least one of their two young children are currently believed to be living in Karachi with relatives.



Earlier reports from Pakistan had said Mr Shahzad's father-in-law and another associate of the suspect have been arrested in the port city of Karachi.



But Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who has pledged to assist the US, denied the authorities had made any arrests.



Meanwhile at a news conference at the White House, Mr Obama praised the action of citizens and the authorities in New York as possibly saving hundreds of lives.



"We know that the aim of those who try to carry out those attacks is to force us to live in fear," he said.



"But as Americans and as a nation, we will not be terrorised. We will not cower in fear. We will not be intimidated."



On Sunday, the Pakistani Taliban said it was responsible for the failed bombing attempt and it threatened suicide attacks on US cities.



But the BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad says there is no proof and many experts doubt they have the capacity to strike inside the US.



'Significant fireball'



The car containing a bomb made from fertiliser, fireworks, petrol and propane gas tanks was left in Times Square on Saturday evening.



Investigators removed items from Faisal Shahzad's Connecticut home

The 1993 Nissan Pathfinder was parked with its engine running and hazard lights flashing.



The bomb was discovered and dismantled before it could explode, after a street-vendor noticed smoke coming from the vehicle and alerted police.



Times Square was packed with tourists and theatregoers when the alarm was raised.



Police evacuated a wide area of the district and closed subway lines, while a controlled explosion was carried out.



Officials said the bomb was crude, but could have sparked a "significant fireball" and sprayed shrapnel with enough force to kill pedestrians and knock out windows.



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