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Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis: Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann

The Federal Reserve Dept: NEW YORK, N.Y. - A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Agents grabbed the 21-year-old Nafis armed with a cellphone he believed was rigged as a detonator after he made several attempts to blow up the bomb inside a vehicle parked next to the Federal Reserve, the complaint said and this courtroom sketch shows Judge U.S. Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann in Brooklyn Federal Court in New York on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 during a hearing for Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis. The Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said. Before trying to carry out the alleged terrorism plot, Nafis went to a warehouse to help assemble a 1,000-pound bomb using inert material, according to a criminal complaint. He also asked an undercover agent to videotape him saying, "We will not stop until we attain victory or martyrdom," the complaint said. AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams Before trying to carry out the alleged terrorism plot, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis went to a warehouse to help assemble a 1,000-pound bomb using inert material, according to a criminal complaint. He also asked an undercover agent to videotape him saying, "We will not stop until we attain victory or martyrdom," the complaint said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.