Prosecutors Say South Florida Muslim Planned to Blow Up a New York City Landmark

Prosecutors today disclosed more details of the terror charges being brought against two Oakland Park brothers:

"A Pakistan-born man wanted to avenge the deaths of U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan by blowing up a New York City landmark but lacked the money and materials to carry out the plan, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.

"Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Gilbert said at a bail hearing that Raees Alam Qazi, 20, researched bomb-making techniques on Internet sites affiliated with al-Qaida, including one using Christmas tree lights, and the FBI recorded phone calls and conversations linking Qazi to a purported 'lone wolf' plot.

"'He fully intended to do this, and thankfully he didn't have enough money,' Gilbert said. Referring to casualties in U.S. drone attacks, she added: 'He wants to avenge those deaths and kill people.'

"Qazi traveled to New York last month in hopes of getting a job to fund his terrorist plans, Gilbert said, but wound up sleeping in public transportation, a mosque and in restaurants, and riding a bicycle around the city looking for potential targets. He then decided to return home on a Greyhound bus and was arrested after arriving back in South Florida," she said.

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