https://freerepublic.com/tag/jackarbabsiar/ en-us Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:16:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2946318/posts NEW YORK — A Corpus Christi man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, agreeing to hire what he thought was a drug dealer in Mexico last year for $1.5 million to carry out the attack with explosives at a Washington restaurant. Manssor Arbabsiar, 58, entered the plea to two conspiracy charges and a murder-for-hire count in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where Judge John F. Keenan repeatedly asked Arbabsiar whether he intended to kill the ambassador. Arbabsiar, a U.S. citizen who holds an Iranian passport, said he did. Sentencing was set for... Caller-Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2946318/posts#comment Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:16:36 GMT