Times Square bomber's second plan
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October 1, 2010, Friday
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THE Pakistani man who planted a car bomb in Times Square boasted that he thought it would kill at least 40 people and that he planned to detonate a second bomb two weeks after the first, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
They quoted the former financial analyst in a video where he said he'd hoped "to join my brothers in jihad" ever since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Faisal Shahzad should get life in prison when sentenced on October 5, prosecutors said in a filing, arguing that he "had every intention of delivering a terrorizing strike to the heart of New York City."
The government noted that Shahzad showed no remorse when he pleaded guilty on June 21, after confessing to investigators.
Included in the government submission to the judge in US District Court in Manhattan was a 40-minute video in which Shahzad fires a gun in what appears to be the mountains of Pakistan as announces that he has met members of the Pakistan Taliban and decided "we are going to raise an attack inside America."
Prosecutors also included a video of the government's explosion of a bomb the size of Shahzad's, saying the results in a Pennsylvania field show the attack would have been "devastating to the surrounding area" had it succeeded.
Through most of the video, Shahzad is seated and quoting from the Quran but makes his intentions clear toward the end when he states: "I have been trying to join my brothers in jihad ever since 9/11 happened. I am planning to wage an attack inside America," prosecutors said.
Shahzad was arrested two days after his May 1 bomb attempt in tourist-filled Times Square, where the explosives he had packed into the back of a sports utility vehicle failed to detonate.
Prosecutors said he tried to ignite the bomb before he abandoned the vehicle and that he was "prepared to conduct additional attacks until he was captured or killed." The government did not list other locations that he my have chosen as targets.
Two days after the bomb attempt, investigators took Shahzad off a Dubai-bound aircraft at a New York airport.
The government made clear that much of its information came from Shahzad, who waived his right not to incriminate himself.
Prosecutors quoted extensively from the video that they said was posted online by the Pakistan Taliban on July 14, entitled "A brave effort by Faisal Shahzad to attack United States in its own Land."
Shahzad, 30, pleaded guilty to 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some of which carry mandatory life sentences. "I want to plead guilty and I'm going to plead guilty a hundred times forward," he said.
They quoted the former financial analyst in a video where he said he'd hoped "to join my brothers in jihad" ever since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Faisal Shahzad should get life in prison when sentenced on October 5, prosecutors said in a filing, arguing that he "had every intention of delivering a terrorizing strike to the heart of New York City."
The government noted that Shahzad showed no remorse when he pleaded guilty on June 21, after confessing to investigators.
Included in the government submission to the judge in US District Court in Manhattan was a 40-minute video in which Shahzad fires a gun in what appears to be the mountains of Pakistan as announces that he has met members of the Pakistan Taliban and decided "we are going to raise an attack inside America."
Prosecutors also included a video of the government's explosion of a bomb the size of Shahzad's, saying the results in a Pennsylvania field show the attack would have been "devastating to the surrounding area" had it succeeded.
Through most of the video, Shahzad is seated and quoting from the Quran but makes his intentions clear toward the end when he states: "I have been trying to join my brothers in jihad ever since 9/11 happened. I am planning to wage an attack inside America," prosecutors said.
Shahzad was arrested two days after his May 1 bomb attempt in tourist-filled Times Square, where the explosives he had packed into the back of a sports utility vehicle failed to detonate.
Prosecutors said he tried to ignite the bomb before he abandoned the vehicle and that he was "prepared to conduct additional attacks until he was captured or killed." The government did not list other locations that he my have chosen as targets.
Two days after the bomb attempt, investigators took Shahzad off a Dubai-bound aircraft at a New York airport.
The government made clear that much of its information came from Shahzad, who waived his right not to incriminate himself.
Prosecutors quoted extensively from the video that they said was posted online by the Pakistan Taliban on July 14, entitled "A brave effort by Faisal Shahzad to attack United States in its own Land."
Shahzad, 30, pleaded guilty to 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some of which carry mandatory life sentences. "I want to plead guilty and I'm going to plead guilty a hundred times forward," he said.
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