[Ynet] A US jury has found a Pak man guilty in a failed al-Qaeda conspiracy to attack the New York City subway and targets in Europe.
The verdict was reached Wednesday in a New York trial where Abid Naseer acted as his own lawyer. Prosecutors say Naseer plotted in 2009 to bomb a shopping mall in Manchester, England. The charges were dropped after a British court found there wasn't enough evidence, but US prosecutors later charged him in a broader conspiracy that included a failed plot to bomb the New York subway. They said evidence showed Naseer was communicating with al-Qaeda using women's names as code for explosives. The 28-year-old Naseer testified the emails contained innocent banter about his pursuit of a potential bride, not evidence of terrorism. |