27-year-old Jose Pimentel appears in a New York court to hear charges against him.<br/> The U.S. citizen, born in the Dominican Republic, has been described by police as a "lone wolf" who had converted to Islam and become radical.<br/> He is accused of offences including plotting to build bombs to kill U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.<br/> The Manhatten District Attorney filed a criminal complaint that said he had admitted taking steps to build a bomb and was one hour away from putting it together.<br/> Pimentel had been under surveillance since May 2009, official said he considered New York police cars and a U.S. post office among potential targets.<br/> Pimentel, who has not been charged in federal court, faces life in prison if convicted.<br/> Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters
