Posted on 09/25/2009 12:59:20 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
A Denver resident from Afghanistan who is accused of involvement in a potentially far-reaching weapons of mass destruction plot in the United States was transferred to New York Friday to face federal terror conspiracy charges.
Najibullah Zazi, 24, was ordered held without bail in Denver Friday and sent to New York City to face charges of conspiracy to use explosives — in this case liquid bombs, according to the Justice Department — against Americans on U.S. soil.
Those charges carry a life sentence upon conviction. Zazi was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in New York in the terror conspiracy case.
A lesser charge of lying to the federal government was dropped Friday in Denver against Zazi.
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