NYPD Arrest Man in Terrorism Plot

Jose Pimentel Arrested in Terrorist Plot
Jefferson Siegel / Pool / Reuters

New York City, Nov. 20, 2011
Lawyer Joseph Zablocki, left, stands next to Jose Pimentel, 27, in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Nov. 20, 2011. New York police arrested Pimentel, a follower of the late Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, on suspicion of building a pipe bomb and planning to use it against U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, officials said that day.

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