Pakistani Man Guilty in al-Qaida Plot to Attack NYC Subway

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. jury has found a Pakistani man guilty in a failed al-Qaida conspiracy to attack the New York City subway and targets in Europe.

he verdict was reached Wednesday in a New York trial where Abid Naseer acted as his own lawyer.

Prosecutors say Naseer plotted in 2009 to bomb a shopping mall in Manchester, England.

The charges were dropped after a British court found there wasn't enough evidence, but U.S. prosecutors later charged him in a broader conspiracy that included a failed plot to bomb the New York subway.

They said evidence showed Naseer was communicating with al-Qaida using women's names as code for explosives.

The 28-year-old Naseer testified the emails contained innocent banter about his pursuit of a potential bride, not evidence of terrorism.

(Story by: Tom Hays, The Associated Press)