{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The admitted Times Square car bomber looks nothing like a bloodthirsty jihadist as he sits beside his doe-eyed bride at their lavish wedding in Pakistan."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Faisal Shahzad and Huma Mian enjoyed a traditional ceremony with trappings fit for royalty when they got hitched in 2004."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Gussied up in a form-fitting gharara dress and wrapped in gold, the beautiful bride gives the camera a sultry look as Shahzad, then just 24, allows a slight, joyful grin below his mustache."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"HE KA-BLEW-IT AGAIN: CAUGHT ON TAPE!"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"VIDEO: SHAHZAD’S FIREWORKS"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The picture from the couple’s wedding in the militant hub of Peshawar was posted on MySpace by Huma’s younger brother, Taufeeq Mian, and hints at the privileged life Shahzad had ahead of him before stumbling financially and embracing jihad."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Although the wedding was arranged as per Pakistani custom, both came from modern families. She is the Colorado-born daughter of a globetrotting energy executive; he is the son of a high-ranking Pakistani air force officer."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“[Shahzad] was a jovial type, very active and playful. But after his marriage, he began to change. He grew a beard, and grew quieter and withdrawn,” said Faiz Ahmad, a neighbor of Shahzad’s father, Bahar Ul Haq, outside Peshawar."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Ul Haq himself was caught in his terrorist son’s troubles yesterday. He was grilled by US and Pakistani investigators, but not arrested."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"PHOTOS: TIMES SQUARE ‘BOMBER’ FAISAL SHAHZAD"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"PHOTOS: INSIDE SHAHZAD’S HOME"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"In other developments:"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"* Authorities are looking for a suspected money courier who allegedly helped finance Shahzad’s plot, The Associated Press reported. Investigators have the courier’s name."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"* It was learned the customs officers who arrested Shahzad at JFK never boarded the plane. They told ABC News they had him paged and allowed him to walk out on his own."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"“I think, at some point, he realized the jig was up and this was it,” one officer said. “He showed absolutely no emotion.”"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"* Shahzad may have had contact with radical sheik Anwar Awlaki, the Yemeni-based al Qaeda propagandist who also communicated with Fort Hood massacre gunman Nidal Malik Hasan, ABC reported."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"* US Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate panel that Shahzad has continued to spill his guts, and defended the decision to read the suspect his Miranda rights rather than hold him as an “enemy combatant.”"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"* There was still no word on when Shahzad would appear before a judge."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"* The Pakistani Taliban denied responsibility for the failed bomb plot, but praised Shahzad as a “Muslim brother” who did a “brave job.”"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"* Four members of another violent militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammad, were detained in Pakistan. It was not immediately clear if they were suspects in the Times Square plot."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Shahzad, 30, who mostly recently lived in Bridgeport, Conn., has told investigators he received training in Pakistan but acted alone."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"He almost escaped Monday on a Dubai-bound flight out of Kennedy Airport despite being placed on the no-fly list — a near-miss that has kept security personnel on edge."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Customs officers yesterday yanked a couple off another Dubai-bound Emirates Airlines flight when the husband, an American of Pakistani descent, was misidentified as being on the no-fly list. They were eventually allowed to leave."}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":" With additional reporting by Bill Sanderson and Post Wire Services"}},{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"chuck.bennett@nypost.com
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Mohsin Abbas

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Groomed for terror