NYC terrorist attack thwarted

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Two NYC women plead guilty to plan to build bomb for attack on U.S.

Two women inspired by radical Islam pleaded guilty in New York City on Friday to teaching and distributing information about the manufacture and use of an explosive, destructive device and weapon of mass destruction, federal prosecutors said.

Asia Siddiqui and Noelle Velentzas, both U.S. citizens in their 30s from the borough of Queens, face up to 20 years in prison when they are sentenced.
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Prosecutors said Velentzas and Siddiqui taught each other chemistry and electrical skills, conducted research on how to make plastic explosives and a car bomb, and bought materials to be used in an explosive device.

I wonder if Asia Siddiqui is related to  Aafia Siddiqui, an MIT trained Paksitni neuroscientist who got radicalized and is currently serving a long prison sentence.