Man Convicted of Plot to Bomb Subway Station
A high school dropout who drew the attention of undercover police with his anti-American rants after Sept. 11 was convicted of plotting to blow up one of Manhattan’s busiest subway stations in retaliation for the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.
A federal jury in Brooklyn deliberated two days before convicting Shahawar Matin Siraj, 23, of conspiracy and other charges. He faces up to life in prison.
The defense had sought to portray him as an impressionable simpleton who was lured into a phony plot by a paid informant eager to earn his keep.
Prosecutors disputed that claim.
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