'Underwear' bomber changes plea to guilty
A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an American plane on Christmas Day 2009 has told a judge he wants to plead guilty.
It is alleged Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had a bomb in his underwear.
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LIMITED OFFERA Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an American plane on Christmas Day 2009 has told a judge he wants to plead guilty.
It is alleged Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had a bomb in his underwear.
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