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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Wednesday the attempted attack could have been in retaliation for US drone attacks on the Taliban in Pakistan. This is retaliation. And you could expect that let's not be naive, Qureshi told CBS television. They're not going to sort of sit and welcome you [to] sort of eliminate them. They're going to fight back. Shahzad, 30, has not yet entered a plea on the charges. He was arrested Tuesday on an airplane headed to Dubai. He allegedly left a large, poorly-constructed bomb in the centre of New Yorks Time square, which was found smouldering late Saturday night. He has been living many years in the US and has been described by people from his home village, Mohib, Banda, as a modern father of two from a comfortable and stable family. He worked as a financial analyst in the US until he become a citizen last year, when he quit his job and left his home unexpectedly in Connecticut. He returned from Pakistan in February and kept a low profile until this weekend.
