Mass. man pleads guilty in plot to blow up Pentagon, Capitol

Ferdaus agreed to a recommended sentence of 17 years in
prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, according to the DOJ. As
part of the plea deal, the government dismissed several other charges against
him.

{mosads}Ferdaus was arrested in an FBI
sting operation in September 2011 for attempting to blow up the Capitol and
Pentagon by using explosives on a model airplane.

He gave undercover federal agents step-by-step plans for how
he would use remote-controlled aircraft packed with C-4 explosives to fly into
the Capitol and Pentagon.

The DOJ said Ferdaus plots revolved around “jihad” against
the United States.

“With the goal of terrorizing the United States,
decapitating its ‘military center,’ and killing as many ‘kafirs’ (an Arabic
term meaning non-believers) as possible, Ferdaus extensively planned and took
substantial steps to bomb the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol,” the DOJ said after
the plea agreement was reached.

Ferdaus’s sentencing hearing is set for Nov. 1, according to
the AP.