<p>An Uzbek citizen has pleaded guilty in a US court to charges of threatening to kill President Barack Obama.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He was arrested during an undercover law enforcement operation while trying to obtain explosives and guns, the Justice Department said in a statement.<br /><br />Ulugbek Kodirov, 22, pleaded guilty in a court in Birmingham, Alabama yesterday to one count of providing material support to terrorist activity, one count of threatening to kill the president and one count of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.<br /><br />As part of his plea agreement with prosecutors, Kodirov admitted he had communicated with a suspected member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan identified only as "the Emir" who suggested that he kill Obama.<br /><br />His meetings with the Emir led him to seek out a way to obtain explosives and weapons, the plea agreement says.<br /><br />The US State Department lists the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan as a foreign terrorist organisation.<br /><br />Kodirov also admitted to discussing with another person his desire to kill Obama and ways to carry out the assassination.<br /><br />The other person -- who was not identified by the Justice Department -- introduced Kodirov to an undercover law enforcement agent from whom the Uzbek man planned to purchase weapons.<br /><br />They met July 13, 2011 at a motel in Leeds, Alabama. The agent showed Kodirov an M15-A1 machine gun, a sniper rifle with a telescopic lens and four disassembled hand grenades, the statement said.<br /><br />Kodirov chose the machine gun and hand grenades then tried to leave. He was arrested before he departed from the motel.<br /><br />Kodirov had entered the United States from Uzbekistan on a student visa in June 2009. His visa was revoked on April 1, 2010 after he failed to enroll in school.<br /><br />However, he did not leave the United States. He was living in an extended-stay motel in Pelham, Alabama, when he was arrested.<br /><br />Kodirov faces up to 30 years in prison on the charges.<br /><br />"I also want to express my appreciation to the Muslim community of Birmingham, which was instrumental in helping law enforcement shut down this threat," said US Attorney Joyce White Vance.</p>
<p>An Uzbek citizen has pleaded guilty in a US court to charges of threatening to kill President Barack Obama.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He was arrested during an undercover law enforcement operation while trying to obtain explosives and guns, the Justice Department said in a statement.<br /><br />Ulugbek Kodirov, 22, pleaded guilty in a court in Birmingham, Alabama yesterday to one count of providing material support to terrorist activity, one count of threatening to kill the president and one count of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.<br /><br />As part of his plea agreement with prosecutors, Kodirov admitted he had communicated with a suspected member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan identified only as "the Emir" who suggested that he kill Obama.<br /><br />His meetings with the Emir led him to seek out a way to obtain explosives and weapons, the plea agreement says.<br /><br />The US State Department lists the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan as a foreign terrorist organisation.<br /><br />Kodirov also admitted to discussing with another person his desire to kill Obama and ways to carry out the assassination.<br /><br />The other person -- who was not identified by the Justice Department -- introduced Kodirov to an undercover law enforcement agent from whom the Uzbek man planned to purchase weapons.<br /><br />They met July 13, 2011 at a motel in Leeds, Alabama. The agent showed Kodirov an M15-A1 machine gun, a sniper rifle with a telescopic lens and four disassembled hand grenades, the statement said.<br /><br />Kodirov chose the machine gun and hand grenades then tried to leave. He was arrested before he departed from the motel.<br /><br />Kodirov had entered the United States from Uzbekistan on a student visa in June 2009. His visa was revoked on April 1, 2010 after he failed to enroll in school.<br /><br />However, he did not leave the United States. He was living in an extended-stay motel in Pelham, Alabama, when he was arrested.<br /><br />Kodirov faces up to 30 years in prison on the charges.<br /><br />"I also want to express my appreciation to the Muslim community of Birmingham, which was instrumental in helping law enforcement shut down this threat," said US Attorney Joyce White Vance.</p>