Guilty plea in underwear bomb plot

DETROIT — The man whose failed plot contributed to the deployment of full-body scanners at U.S. airports pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab of Nigeria told a federal judge that he acted in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide. He referred to the bomb in his underwear as a "blessed weapon."

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Zachary A. Goldfarb 13 Oct, 2011


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