TIMES SQUARE BOMBER PLEADS GUILTY

FROM: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100621/us/usreport_us_timessquare


NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man accused of trying to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square on May 1 pleaded guilty on Monday to terrorism-related charges.

Pakistani-born Faisal Shahzad, who became a U.S. citizen last year, was indicted in Manhattan federal court on Thursday on 10 charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted terrorism transcending national borders.

Shahzad, 30, is accused of parking a vehicle containing a crude car bomb in Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. He was arrested aboard a Dubai-bound jetliner two days later that was minutes from leaving New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.