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Summary A Muslim man is to plead guilty in an alleged plot to hit Pentagon with remote-controlled planes.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers said in a plea agreement filed last week that Rezwan Ferdaus of Massachusetts will plead guilty Friday to attempting to provide material support to terrorists and attempting to damage and destroy federal buildings by means of an explosive.The two charges could carry a combined 35 years in prison, but the attorneys have agreed to request a 17-year sentence for the 27-year-old.Ferdaus was arrested last year after federal employees posing as al-Qaida members delivered materials he had allegedly requested, including grenades, machine guns and what he believed was a plastic explosive.Counter-terrorism experts and model-aircraft enthusiasts say it would be nearly impossible to inflict large-scale damage using model planes.Prosecutors say Ferdaus became convinced that America was evil.Ferdaus lawyers have suggested that the FBI ignored signs of mental illness.
