Pakistani immigrant convicted in NYC plot

[ECH1969]

A Pakistani immigrant was convicted Wednesday of charges he plotted to blow up one of Manhattan's busiest subway stations in retaliation for the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

A federal jury in Brooklyn deliberated two days before convicting Shahawar Matin Siraj of conspiracy and other charges. He faces up to life in prison.

Siraj and another man suspected in the plot, James Elshafay, were arrested on the eve of the 2004 Republican National Convention carrying crude diagrams of their target — the subway station in Herald Square, a dense shopping district that includes Macy's flagship department store. Elshafay immediately agreed to cooperate with the government.

Authorities said Siraj had no affiliation with known terrorist organizations. Instead, he caught the attention of the informant, Osama Eldawoody, and an undercover police officer with his anti-American rants at an Islamic bookstore where he worked.

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[Oversea Visitor]

1. The only way to believe all this is

James Elshafay get life too.
Gee this going Cuckooo Cuckooo Cuckooo

[pezdespencer]

2. the real story

they had the "crude diagrams" to find the quickest way away from the repuke convention cause they heard the repukes had pitch forks,torches, and a rope and they feared Texas Justice Cause W pulled up in a pickup truck with a cowboy hat and boots on.