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Feds Charge 5, Link NY Plot to al-Qaida Scheme in UK

By Hugh CollinsJul 7th 2010 – 4:24PM
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AFP / Getty Images

(July 7) -- Last year's foiled plot to attack New York City's subway system was tied to a similar al-Qaida plot in the United Kingdom, a Justice Department indictment charges. The indictment, unsealed at the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York City today, says that al-Qaida's "external operations" program in Pakistan...

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...

New York Imam Leaves US in Plea Deal

By Terence NeilanJul 6th 2010 – 1:54PM
Rick Maiman, AP

Rick Maiman, AP

(July 6) -- An Afghan-born imam who had lived in the U.S. since he was 8 has been forced to leave the country after admitting he lied to the FBI about a terrorist who had planned to set off bombs in New York City's subway system. Ahmad Wais Afzali, 38, had been a reliable police informant and agreed to a request to get...

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...

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The NYPD's Najibullah Shuffle

By Len Levitt May 14th 2012 - 01:28PM

The NYPD did not -- repeat, did not -- undermine the FBI's investigation of Najibullah Zazi's 2009 plot to blow up the New York subways, as NYPD Confidential and the New York Times had reported.

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Man Convicted In NYC Subway Bomb Plot

By inae.oh@huffingtonpost.com(Inae Oh) May 01st 2012 - 03:25PM

A New York man was convicted Tuesday of plotting an aborted suicide mission against New York City subways in 2009 – a case that featured the first-time testimony from admitted homegrown terrorists about al-Qaida's fixation with pulling off another attack on America soil.

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  • 05/14/12 The NYPD's Najibullah Shuffle Source: The Huffington Post The NYPD did not -- repeat, did not -- undermine the FBI's investigation of Najibullah Zazi's 2009 plot to blow up the New York subways, as NYPD Confidential and the New York Times had reported.
  • 05/01/12 Man Convicted In NYC Subway Bomb Plot Source: The Huffington Post - Local A New York man was convicted Tuesday of plotting an aborted suicide mission against New York City subways in 2009 – a case that featured the first-time testimony from admitted homegrown terrorists about al-Qaida's fixation with pulling off another attack on America soil.

Background on Najibullah Zazi

Najibullah Zazi (born August 10, 1985) is an Afghan-American who was arrested in September 2009 as part of the 2009 U.S.

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