(New York Times) Scott Shane and Mark Mazzetti - Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, has told investigators that he drew inspiration from Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni-American cleric whose militant online lectures have been a catalyst for several recent attacks and plots, an American official said Thursday. "He listened to him, and he did it," the official said. Friends of Shahzad have said he asked his father's permission in 2009 to join the fight in Afghanistan against American and NATO forces. Shahzad has told interrogators that he met with Pakistani Taliban operatives in North Waziristan in December and January, and later received explosives training.
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