Monday, February 22, 2010

Afghan Admits NYC Bomb Plot, al Qaeda Training

An Afghan immigrant pleaded guilty on Monday to plotting a suicide bomb attack on New York City subways with al Qaeda training for what would have been the worst attack on the United States since Sept. 11, 2001.

Najibullah Zazi, 25, also admitted in Brooklyn federal court that he had received bomb-making and weapons training from al Qaeda in Pakistan's Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan.

"The plan was to conduct (a) martyrdom operation in Manhattan" around the time of the eighth anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, Zazi told U.S. District Raymond Dearie. Read More at India News