New York police arrested a man trying to build a pipe bomb with instructions from an al Qaeda magazine.<br/> Mayor Michael Bloomberg made the announcement at a press conference on Sunday.<br/> SOUNDBITE: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg saying:<br/> "The suspect was a so-called lone wolf motivated by his resentment of the presence of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and motivated by al Qaeda propaganda. He was not part of a larger conspiracy emanating from abroad."<br/> They also showed a video of an explosion they say was equivalent to the one the suspect was planning.<br/> Police arrested Jose Pimentel on Saturday after surveillance teams observed him drilling into a pipe in his mother's New York apartment.<br/> District Attorney Cyrus Vance.<br/> SOUNDBITE: District Attorney Cyrus Vance saying:<br/> "Our office today filed charges against Jose Pimentel of Manhattan for conspiring to build a bomb for terrorist purposes and for possessing a weapon, a pipe bomb that he is alleged to have intended to use to wage his campaign of violence. The defendant stated his belief in violent jihad and harbored a violent ideology."<br/> Pimentel was reportedly an hour away from completing the bomb when officers moved in. Emergency response teams were also activated in the event of an accidental detonation.<br/> Deborah Gembara, Reuters.
