The New York Times reports that an Afghan immigrant plead guilty to charges concerning a bombing plot in the New York subway:
The Afghan immigrant at the center of what the authorities described as one of the most serious threats to the United States since 9/11 pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism charges in what he said was a Qaeda plot to detonate a bomb in the New York subway.
Najibullah Zazi admitted that he came to New York last year… to kill himself and others on the subway using a homemade bomb.
He characterized the plot as a “martyrdom operation” that he was just days away from executing when he realized he was under government surveillance.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said… : “This attempted attack on our homeland was real, it was in motion and it would have been deadly.”
Zazi told the court he went with friends to Pakistan in August 2008 to join the Taliban in fighting the U.S. in Afghanistan.
While in Pakistan, he received training in making bombs, and was persuaded by Qaeda operatives to return to America to be a suicide bomber. They discussed possible targets, including the New York subway system.