October 12, 2006
Brit Muslim Convert Confesses to Dirty Bomb, NYSE Plots (Updated)
An Indian-born, British convert to Islam pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up the New York Stock Exchange and set off a radioactive dirty bomb in the United Kingdom.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A Briton arrested amid a massive U.S. security alert two years ago admitted in a London court on Thursday to plotting to blow up financial targets in the United States and carry out "dirty bomb" attacks in Britain.At the time, Democrats didn't seem to be too happy with Barot's arrest:Dhiren Barot, a Muslim convert, admitted to plotting to blow up the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Citigroup and Prudential in Washington, New Jersey and New York.
"Explosions at these premises were clearly designed to kill as many people as possible," said prosecuting lawyer Edmund Lawson.
Because three years had passed since Barot had visited his potential targets, and he was under tight British surveillance at the time, some Democrats accused the Republican-led administration of overstating the immediacy of the threat.Perhaps that accounts for the deafening silence from US media today about Barot's confession.
Update: The terrorist is an author.
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