A Kansas man was arrested Friday for allegedly plotting a suicide bombing at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Kansas.<br/> <br />Police say the aviation technician worked at the airport and planned to detonate a car bomb there and die as a martyr during the explosion.<br/> <br />Terry L. Loewen was arrested Friday morning at the airport and faces three charges including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and providing support to foreign terrorist association. If convicted he faces life in federal prison.<br/> <br />Officials say the suspect had been under investigation since this summer when he made statements he was resolved to commit an act of violent jihad against the United States.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) BARRY GRISSOM, KANSAS U.S. ATTORNEY:<br/> <br />"The criminal compliant which was filed today in U.S. District Court alleges Mr. Loewen spent months developing a plan to use his access card to the airport to drive a car loaded with explosives to the terminal. It's alleged he planned to pull
