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Feds Say NYC Subway Bomb Plot Linked to al-Qaida

Jul 7th 2010 – 1:39PM
FBI / AP

FBI / AP

NEW YORK (July 7) -- A failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway system last year was part of a larger al-Qaida terrorist conspiracy that included a similar attack planned in England, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday. In an indictment unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn, prosecutors added several...

Report: Top al-Qaida Agent Met With Subway Bomb Plotter

By Michelle RuizJul 1st 2010 – 11:37AM
AP / FBI

AP / FBI

(July 1) -- One of the three men involved in the thwarted suicide plot to bomb New York City subway lines last year consulted with a senior al-Qaida operative in Pakistan who is considered one of the most wanted terrorists in the nation, according to reports. Pakistani-born Najibullah Zazi, 24, and one of his high school...

Two Charged in NY Subway Terror Plot

By David KnowlesFeb 25th 2010 – 3:26PM
Getty

Getty

(Feb. 25) -- The federal dragnet that led to the arrest and guilty plea of Najibullah Zazi in a plot to set off bombs in New York's subway system has resulted in two more suspects being charged. Arraigned in a Brooklyn U.S. district court on Thursday, Adis Medunjanin and Zarein Ahmedzay, both 25, pleaded not guilty to...

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Adis Medunjanin Man Faces Terror Trial

By The Huffington Post News Editors Apr 16th 2012 - 07:08AM

There's no dispute that Adis Medunjanin and two of his former high school classmates from Queens packed up and traveled together to Pakistan in 2008.

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  • 05/10/12 Civilian courts for terror trials Source: The Republican and Herald - Pottsville PA The conviction last week of a would-be subway bomber in a Brooklyn federal court is the latest evidence that civilian courts are up to trying terrorism suspects.
  • 05/07/12 Civilian courts are effective in terror trials Source: CitizensVoice.com - Wilkes-Barre PA The conviction last week of a would-be subway bomber in a Brooklyn federal court is the latest evidence that civilian courts are more than equal to the task of trying terrorism suspects.
  • 05/06/12 NYC man convicted in thwarted subway bomb plot Source: Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas NV In what authorities called the most serious terror threat since the Sept. 11 attacks, a New York City man was convicted Tuesday of plotting with two of his former classmates at a Queens high school to attack the subways as suicide bombers.
  • 05/04/12 Silber: How the NYPD Foiled a Plot to Bomb the Subways Source: The Wall Street Journal In mid-September 2009, three men from Flushing, Queens, acting under the direction of al Qaeda, conspired to attack the New York City subway system during morning rush hour.
  • 05/04/12 Ryan James Girdusky: Source: KNUS 710 - Denver CO This week, failed terrorist Adis Medunjanin was found guilty of attempting to blow up the New York City subway system.

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