Times Square bomb plot suspect arrested 'at last second'

On Tuesday Faisal Shahzad was arrested and charged with being the maker of the car bomb found in Times Square. There were five federal charges against him. He is thirty years old and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. He still has extensive connections with his homeland of Pakistan, and had been making calls to there up until three days before the bomb. Attorney General Eric Holder said that"It is clear that this was a terrorist plot". He claimed that he went to Pakistan to visit family for five months, but later admitted to training with the Taliban. He also admitted, after more questioning, that he drove the vehicle into Times Square and attempted to detonate the bomb. The bomb did not detonate because the materials used were nonexplosive.

Opinion: I think that he has all the evidence against him and he should be charged immediately, because they found he had bought the car, he confessed to working with the Taliban and driving the car to Times Square, and attempting to detonate it. I also think it is a little ridiculous that he didn't use the correct kind of fertilizer to ensure it is explosive. I am sure he thought that much of the evidence linking the bomb and car to him would be destroyed in the blast. This had the potential to be big headline news, surely killing several and hurting many others. They should crack down on security in high-traffic and toursit-y places to make sure another 9/11 incident does not happen again.
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Greece promises harsh cuts in exchange for bailout

Greece is in debt and is now accepting a 110 billion euro (US $146 billion) package of aid from the international community. The country made a promise to its citiziens and the world to cut its budget deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product by 2014, according to the country's Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou. The first wave of the money from the aid package is planned to go out by May 19th. Right now there is not much stability in their government, and they want to correct that, to save the country. President Barack Obama called and talked to the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou about the whole situation and also spoke of "the two leaders discussed the importance of implementation going forward." Greece is going to cut most of their money to meet the defecit through the public sector. This has caused much upset and there have been many protests and riots. Seven police officers were injured and nine people were arrested -- three for attacks on police and six for theft from stores.

Opinion:
I think that although this is a terrible situation for the country of Greece to be in, they are at least working towards becoming a stronger nation by reducing their debt and paying back the loans. However, like most Greeks, I do not think they should be using money from the public sector to pay back their debts because this will only be taking more money away from the people in a time when they need those institutions most. I think the they should cut spending on military or government, and start passing new policies such as lower interest rates on loans, etc. to encourage the citizens to trust the government again. I think the protesting is bitter-sweet because while it has gotten out of hand, it still has created worldwide attention to the problems they are experiencing, and also allowed the citizens the chance to express their opinions.

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