Man due in court over New York 'plot'

An “al-Qaida sympathiser” accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as US troops returning home has been arrested on numerous terrorism-related charges.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced at a news conference the arrest of Jose Pimentel of Manhattan, “a 27-year-old al-Qaida sympathiser” who the mayor said was motivated by terrorist propaganda and resentment of US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.