Faisal Shahzad pleads guilty

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22 June,2010 06:18 am

Faisal Shahzad has pleaded guilty to the failed Times Square car bomb attempt, warning of more attacks on the US because of its occupation of Muslim countries.Pakistani-American Shahzad was presented to a court in New York where he admitted all charges against him, adding he wanted to plead guilty and 100 times more to let the US know, explaining that his motivation was the US occupation of Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia.He also warned the US to halt drone attacks against Pakistan and Yemen otherwise face the threats of further retaliation. In a reply to a question he said that the US is killing children in Afghanistan.Shahzad added that he prepared the car bomb to cause maximum damage and he continued to wait for the device to explode. Shahzad admitted that he had recently received bomb-making training in Pakistan. He also admitted that he had individually planned the bomb plot and took help from no one else.