homework- current events - bronx bomb

Read the info. Answer the questions.

The authorities said yesterday they had stopped a plan to wage jihad, or "holy war", against the United States by blowing up bombs outside synagogues  in New York and using a stinger missile to shoot down National Guard aircraft at a base in Newburgh about 60 miles north of the city.

Agents arrested four men late on Wednesday night as they planted what they thought were homemade bombs outside the two synagogues in the Bronx neighbourhood of New York City. The bombs had in fact been made by undercover FBI officers and were harmless.

Four men were allegedly involved in the Bronx plot. Three were due in court later yesterday to face conspiracy charges while a fourth was being treated for an undisclosed illness and would be brought before a judge later. 

If convicted, all four men, three Americans and one Haitian, could face life in prison, officials said. They added that three of the men were converts to Islam.

Questions:

1) How many men were arrested?

2) What were they arrested for?

3) What did these men try to do?

4) What kind of prison sentence will they get?