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Times Square car bomb suspect pleads guilty
Posted: 06.21.2010 at 5:17 PM
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In this courtroom sketch, a U.S. Marshall removes Faisal Shahzad's handcuffs in the courtroom Monday, June 21, 2010, in New York. Shahzad, who appeared in federal court on an indictment accusing him of plotting a failed Times Square car bombing, was told by a judge that his hearing is being postponed until later Monday afternoon.  / AP Photo
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Calling himself a "Muslim soldier," a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing, saying his attack was the answer to "the U.S. terrorizing ... Muslim people."

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