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Rep. Peter King Says Threat of Domestic Islamic Terrorism Justifies Upcoming Hearing
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRep. Peter King of New York defended on Sunday a congressional hearing he will hold this week on the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism that focuses on Muslim-Americans, calling it an issue "which is not being talked about publicly" and needs to be. "People in this country are being self-radicalized, whether it's Major Hasan or whether it's Shahzad or whether it was Zazi in New York," King said on CNN's "State of the Union." "These were all people who were identifying, in one way or another, with al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. So it's an international movement with elements ...
Feds Charge 5, Link NY Plot to al-Qaida Scheme in UK
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(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 directed the New York plot -- which was discovered by authorities in September -- while it was also planning to attack a British target. "The threat posed by terrorists around the world is a threat to security and a threat to the rule of law," said Sean Joyce, executive ...
Feds Say NYC Subway Bomb Plot Linked to al-Qaida
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW 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 al-Qaida figures to the case, including Adnan Shukrijumah, an FBI most-wanted terrorist. Shukrijumah, one of the al-Qaida leaders in charge of plotting attacks worldwide, was directly involved in recruiting and plotting the New York attack, prosecutors said. Attorney General ...
New York Imam Leaves US in Plea Deal
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(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 more information about the man who later pleaded guilty to the plot, Najibullah Zazi. Rick Maiman, AP Imam Ahmad Wais Afzali, shown in 2009, has left the U.S. after admitting he lied to the FBI about a terrorist who planned to bomb New York's subway system. But at Afzali's ...
Report: Top al-Qaida Agent Met With Subway Bomb Plotter
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(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 classmates from Queens pleaded guilty to terrorism charges for plotting to carry out the attack last year. Citing counterterrorism officials, The Associated Press reported that Zazi met with top al-Qaida operative Adnan Shukrijumah. The 34-year-old Saudi-born leader spent ...
U.S. Charges Afghan-Born Airport Employee With Bombing Plot
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAn Afghan-born Colorado airport shuttle bus driver has been charged with conspiring to carry out a bombing attack in the United States. He is accused of acquiring bomb-making chemicals similar to the ones used in the 2005 London transit attacks. Najibullah Zazi, 24, already under arrest in Colorado on another charge, was charged in a grand jury indictment unsealed in New York on Thursday with suspicion of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. Security experts have said that the case, if proven, will be the most significant terrorist threat on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. ...
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