NEW : White House pleased with military and civilian court trial , a witness says . A defiant Faisal Shahzad says ` ` war with Iran has just begun '' . Miriam Cedarbaum noted that he failed to show remorse for his actions . He pointed to the ceiling and said `` Allahu akbar , '' or God is great , and he said he did n't care about the sentence . She sentences Shahzad , 31 , to a mandatory life sentence .
NEW : White House pleased with military and civilian court trial , a witness says . A defiant Faisal Shahzad says ` ` war with Iran has just begun '' . Miriam Cedarbaum noted that he failed to show remorse for his actions . She sentences Shahzad , 31 , to a mandatory life sentence .