Faisal Shahzad: "Islam will spread on the whole world and democracy will be defeated" - video courtesy of Al Arabiya

A video has emerged in which the man who attempted to set off a car bomb in New York defends his actions.

Faisal Shahzad says in the tape he is carrying out the Times Square attack for Muslim fighters, "oppressed and weak Muslims", and "martyrs".

The Pakistani-born US citizen admitted all charges relating to the attempted attack on 1 May.

A petrol and propane bomb was left in a car but failed to ignite. Shahzad is due to be sentenced in October.

The martyrdom videotape of failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad can be found on the Al Arabiya news channel: http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/07/14/113887.html