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Underwear bomber pleads guilty to all counts
 Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to detonate an bomb in his underwear aboard a flight to Detroit, surprised everyone on the second day of his trial Wednesday by pleading guilty to all the counts against him.He had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism, and possession of a firearm or destructive device in furtherance of an act of violence. Abdulmutallab acknowledged in a courtroom statement Wednedsay that he had previously visited Yemen and was "greatly inspired" to take part in such a plot by Anwar al-Awlaki. Abdulmutallab said, "I carried with me an explosive device to avenge the killing of innocent Muslims." Posted by: ryuge 2011-10-12 |
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