ALEXANDRIA, Va.: U.S. Capitol

Amine El Khalifi Dept: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man will spend at least 25 years in prison after admitting he tried to conduct a suicide bomb attack against the U.S. Capitol, according to Winnipeg Free Press. He was arrested in February in a parking garage near the Capitol, wearing what he thought was an explosive-laden suicide vest. The vest, provided by undercover operatives, was actually inert. A gun he planned to use to shoot his way past security in the building was also inoperable and fILE- This Feb. 17, 2012 file artist rendering shows Amine El Khalifi in federal court in Alexandria, Va. Khalifi was due in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., for a plea hearing Friday. AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren, File Amine El Khalifi, 29, an illegal immigrant from Morocco living in Alexandria, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court, admitting that he plotted with men he thought were al-Qaida operatives to attack the Capitol. In reality, El Khalifi was the target of an undercover FBI operation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.