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Fed terror plot suspect says he's sorry

An undated Twitter profile picture, left, allegedly shows

Photo credit: AFP PHOTO / TWITTER ; Getty Images | An undated Twitter profile picture, left, allegedly shows Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, from Bangladesh, who was arrested in New York for trying to detonate what he believed was a 1,000 pound bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York building in Lower Manhattan, Department of Justice officials said. (Oct. 17, 2012)

Bangladeshi student and al-Qaida aspirant Quazi Mohammad Nafis pleaded guilty Thursday in Brooklyn federal court to attempting to bomb the Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan last year, but said he was sorry.

"I no longer support violent jihad," said Nafis, 21, speaking to U.S. District Judge Carol Amon in a meek, boyish voice. "I deeply and sincerely regret my involvement."

Nafis, a banker's...

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