A terror suspect charged with plotting with al Qaeda to blow up the New York City subway system and targets around the world pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn federal court yesterday.
Abid Naseer (pictured), 26, was extradited from Britain last week to face charges he took part in a terror campaign that would also have attacked targets in England and Denmark.
Defense attorney Steven Brounstein entered the plea.
The Pakistani-born Naseer faces life in prison if convicted.
Naseer spoke aloud just once during the proceeding, politely answering, “Good afternoon, judge,” to a greeting from Judge Raymond Dearie.
Prosecutors charge that Nasser was part of an al Qaeda ring that schemed in 2009 to launch terror attacks against Big Apple subways, the city center of Manchester, England, and a target in Denmark.
Naseer is accused of planning to bomb Manchester in 2009, while three New York men have already been convicted of plotting the New York portion of the plot.
Two men, Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay, have pleaded guilty in the subway attacks.