A New York man who pleaded guilty in January to charges of aiding al Qaeda was ready to be a suicide bomber for the organization, but was told he needed more religious instruction, according to a document obtained by CNN on Thursday. Bryant Neal Vinas says he spent time in the mountains of Waziristan with al Qaeda members. Bryant Neal Vinas gave an interview in March to Belgian prosecutors as part of a terrorism case there involving a cell he was associated with. CNN obtained the prosecution-prepared interview summary document from a Belgian defense attorney, and it was authenticated by both a federal prosecutor in New York and Vinas' defense attorney.
@highlight
Man has pleaded guilty to charges of aiding al Qaeda
@highlight
Bryant Neal Vinas' interview with Belgian prosecutors is released
@highlight
Vinas says he received extra religious instruction to be OK'd as bomber
@highlight
He says he discussed attacks in the West with al Qaeda, including in the U.S.
At the last minute, they decided not to fire mortars on the base because @placeholder war planes were circling overhead, the document says.