His regrets a day late and a dollar short. But he’ll have 30 years in prison to love America and watch videos of “American Pie”.
Via NY Post:
The Bangladeshi man who plotted to blow the Federal Reserve building to smithereens last year was sentenced to 30 years in prison today in Brooklyn federal court.
Quazi Nafis, 22, conspired with undercover agents to set off a 1,000-pound bomb with a cell phone detonation system intended to level the financial nerve center.
The diminutive terrorist pleaded for mercy from Judge Carol Bagley Amon and apologized profusely for the murderous scheme.
“I am ashamed,” he told the court in a beige prison suit. “I’m lost. I tried to do a terrible thing. I alone am responsible for all I’ve done. Please forgive me. I’m really ashamed that I believed in radical Islam. I know it’s wrong. It’s wrong.”
Nafis – who blamed a childhood stuttering issue and an unfaithful girlfriend for his drift towards radical ideology – insisted that he has since reformed himself.
“I apologize to New York City especially,” he said. “I apologize to my parents. I have failed them, I have broken their hearts. Your honor, please have mercy on me, please forgive me, I’m really terribly sorry for what I’ve done.”