Afghan-American Pleads Guilty to N.Y. Subway Bombing Plot
Mark Hosenball Feb 22, 2010 04:05 PM
Afghan-American and sometime Queens, N.Y., resident Najibullah Zazi on Monday pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges relating to an alleged plot to bomb the New York City subway system shortly after last year's 9/11 anniversary.
Federal officials said that Zazi, who was born in Afghanistan but emigrated to the U.S. with his family, on Monday entered a guilty plea in federal court in Brooklyn to three terrorism-related charges: conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction within the U.S., conspiring to commit murder overseas, and providing material support to terrorists. The first two charges each carry potential sentences of life imprisonment, said one of the officials, who asked for anonymity when discussing the case before an official government press conference, scheduled for later Monday afternoon.More
Afghan-American and sometime Queens, N.Y., resident Najibullah Zazi on Monday pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges relating to an alleged plot to bomb the New York City subway system shortly after last year's 9/11 anniversary.
Federal officials said that Zazi, who was born in Afghanistan but emigrated to the U.S. with his family, on Monday entered a guilty plea in federal court in Brooklyn to three terrorism-related charges: conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction within the U.S., conspiring to commit murder overseas, and providing material support to terrorists. The first two charges each carry potential sentences of life imprisonment, said one of the officials, who asked for anonymity when discussing the case before an official government press conference, scheduled for later Monday afternoon.More
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