Faisal Shahzad: If I can't make it there...

New York, NY -- As federal investigation into the attempted bombing in New York's Times Square continues, new details have emerged pointing to another possible motivation that led to suspect Faisal Shahzad's criminal actions: revenge for a failed Broadway career.

Anonymous sources say the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has obtained strong evidence indicating the Pakistani born U.S. citizen had tried to forge a career on the Broadway stage as early as 2004, when he tried out for the role of Jacob in the revival of La Cage aux Folles. With no real stage experience under his belt, Shahzad failed to get the part, which eventually went to Michael Benjamin Washington.

The initial setback did not stop Shahzad from pursuing his Broadway dream. He subsequently auditioned for parts in countless other shows including Rent, Avenue Q, Wicked, Spring Awakening, and most recently, The Lion King. All of his Broadway attempts met with disappointing results, and that may have pushed the one-time accountant to go over the edge, according to the top secret FBI files.

"There is a strong possibility this is simply the vengeful act of a man who wanted to sing and dance on Broadway but didn't get to."

"The last straw may have been his outright rejection by the casting team for 'The Lion King,'" said an FBI insider. "This fully explains why he parked the explosives-filled vehicle adjacent to the Minskoff Theatre which was showing that musical."

Since his arrest Monday, Shahzad has taken full responsibility for the failed terrorist attack, claiming he had received training in bomb-making in the Waziristan region of Pakistan. Pakistani foreign affairs minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said there is ample reason to believe the Taliban may have been involved. Federal investigators are still mum on the issue.

"It's far too easy to slap the Taliban or Al-Qaeda label on Shahzad," said the FBI insider. "But there is a strong possibility this is simply the vengeful act of a man who wanted to sing and dance on Broadway but didn't get to. The investigation is considering this as a valid angle."

A complaint filed in federal court on Tuesday charges Shahzad with five counts of terrorism-related crimes, including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. If convicted on these charges, he faces up to life in prison.

Pakistani police look at what's left of Jalan

Karachi, Pakistan -- An explosion in Pakistan's once-thriving goat beer distillery district is believed to have been caused by a clumsy Taliban suicide bomber who is "not all there."

According to Karachi police chief Waseem Ahmed, there is ample evidence corroborated by intelligence reports that Taliban sympathizer Aamir Jalan was on his way to downtown Karachi on a suicide bombing mission but accidentally set off his explosives just north of the country's bustling financial capital.

"Thankfully, the goat beer industry died out many years ago. As a result, the area in which the bomb exploded is abandoned and uninhabited," said Ahmed. "The only casualty is in fact Jalan himself."

Jalan was widely known by police as the red-haired Taliban-sympathizing vagrant living in Karachi, but he wasn't taken seriously because of what Ahmed described as a "mental condition."

"He was basically a village idiot that everyone liked to make fun of. He wasn't all there," said Ahmed. "He always talked about how he was going to blow up the capitol, but people always laughed him off because he was typically without pants."

Police aren't sure how and when Jalan got hold of the explosives, but Ahmed said they are stepping up efforts to keep vagrants on surveillance in order to prevent similar situations from happening in the future.

"It's cowardly for the Taliban to use such a person for their murderous goals," said Ahmed. "But at the end of the day, we thank Allah for Jalan's clumsiness. Otherwise, there would be more body parts around me."