Bomb plotter sentenced to life

The man convicted of an attempted car bomb attack in New York's Times Square in May has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.



Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court in June to 10 weapons and terrorism charges.



Shahzad had told the judge that the war with the Muslims has just begun with the US facing imminent defeat.



He was arrested two days after after explosives packed into the vehicle on May 1 failed to detonate.



Experts say the petrol and fertiliser-fueled bomb fizzled and failed to go off because the wiring was faulty and it contained the wrong ingredients.



The prosecution also alleged that Shahzad had planned to detonate a second bomb two weeks later.