Posted on 09/14/2009 12:50:55 PM PDT by Fali_G
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gT-Kwm3eHQPp5qw5B5yzpuy07XuwD9AQ9DI80
“4th day of questioning in terrorism probe”
By CATHERINE TSAI (AP) – 1 hour ago
DENVER —
SNIPPET: “Another official familiar with the investigation told the AP on Thursday that Zazi had contact with a known al-Qaida associate. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, would not provide details on the location or nature of the encounter.
The official said agents have been monitoring Zazi and four others in Colorado as part of a terrorism investigation.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343484/posts
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“Feds probe alleged terrorists who tried to rent giant truck in suspected Al Qaeda bomb plot”
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK IN WASHINGTON, JUDITH CROSSON IN DENVER, KATE NOCERA, ROCCO PARASCANDOLA AND LARRY MCSHANE
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Saturday, September 19th 2009, 4:00 AM
SNIPPET: “The New York end of the expanding federal probe centered on seven Afghan men who tried to rent the biggest truck at a Queens U-Haul on Sept. 9, sources told the Daily News.
The size of the vehicle involved - a 26-foot-long truck - suggested the conspirators wanted to pack it with explosives, sources said.”
SNIPPET: “He also admitted to feds that he may have come across Al Qaeda militants while in Pakistan, sources said.”
SNIPPET: “Attorney General Eric Holder said the probe had spread beyond Denver, home to the alleged terror cell, and New York City.
“The FBI is working this case around the clock in both cities and in other parts of the country,” he said.”
SNIPPET: “At least three Afghan men - including Ahmad Afzali, a Queens imam identified by a U-Haul employee as one of the would-be renters - were questioned in New York by FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, sources said.
And at least a dozen people remained under round-the-clock surveillance in the case.
U-Haul workers also identified Naiz Kahn, who has said he gave Zazi a place to stay during his visit to New York last week.
“None of them looked suspicious,” Larson said. “They looked like laborers. Not clean-cut guys, but your average Joes.”
SNIPPET: “An employee at Afzali’s funeral home in Queens said the FBI swooped down on the business Thursday.”
“Attorney General Eric Holder said the probe had spread beyond Denver, home to the alleged terror cell, and New York City. “The FBI is working this case around the clock in both cities and in other parts of the country,” he said.”
” “Attorney General Eric Holder said “
Interesting, but probably not significant, observation - this is the first ‘attributed’ quote from Authorities I’ve seen in two days... (And it’s a pretty darn high-level ‘spokesman’...)
Good Morning Cindy - thank you for all your hard work overnight... ;)
So, is the Obama administration’s position that we can’t arrest these people until after they do their thing?
Good morning Uncle Ike.
from the source link in post no. 363:
SNIPPET: “U-Haul workers also identified Naiz Kahn, who has said he gave Zazi a place to stay during his visit to New York last week.”
” So, is the Obama administration’s position that we can’t arrest these people until after they do their thing? “
Don’t know if I’d quite go that far, but this is certainly a ‘test’ of the new Kinder, Gentler, Terrorist-Fighting Policy...
Well, they better work fast... isn't this weekend Rosh Hashana?
“NYPD Beef Up Security At ‘Houses Of Worship’ For Rosh Hashanah”
September 18, 2009
” ... isn’t this weekend Rosh Hashana? “
Not sure (still pre-coffee this morning, yet, and don’t have the ambition to look it up... ;))
FWIW, another worrisome date has come up this week — November 10...
(That’s the scheduled execution date for John Allen Muhammed..)
As long as we’re speculating about ‘trigger dates’....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343495/posts
Islam on the March in D.C.
Townhall.com ^ | September 19, 2009 | Robert Knight
Posted on Saturday, September 19, 2009 4:47:46 AM by Kaslin
If past media coverage is any gauge, America is about to get a giant, mushy Hallmark card on behalf of Islam on Friday, September 25. That’s the day of the Islam on Capitol Hill rally, which organizers estimate will attract 50,000 Muslims to Washington, D.C.
(snip)
We aren’t speculating.
http://www.1010wins.com/Official—Man-in-Terrorism-Probe-Linked-with-al-Qa/5250394
Posted: Friday, 18 September 2009 9:31PM
“Official: Man Questioned in Terror Probe Linked with al-Qaida”
NEW YORK (AP/1010 WINS) —
SNIPPET: “Folsom said Zazi, 24, was born in Afghanistan in 1985, moved to Pakistan at age 7 and emigrated to the United States in 1999. Zazi’s aunt had said earlier that he was born in Pakistan and grew up in Queens, N.Y.
Folsom said Zazi has returned to Pakistan four times in recent years: in 2004 because his grandfather was sick and dying, in 2006 to get married, and in 2007 and 2008 to visit his wife.”
Max load: 7,395 lbs.
Call it 3.5 tons. That would make for a heck of a bomb delivery vehicle.
” That would make for a heck of a bomb delivery vehicle “
On one hand we have this 26’ truck, and on the other hand we’ve seen reports of 12 (or 14, or maybe even 26 - depending on how one reads the reports so far) backpacks seized by authorities...
Murky waters, here....
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343519/posts
Queens ‘Qaeda’ raid amid ‘confession’ (7 NYC bomb plot Muslims now in custody)
NY Post ^ | 9/19/09 | MURRAY WEISS and CHUCK BENNETT
Posted on September 19, 2009 4:45:01 AM PDT by jimbo123
In a second stunning terror sweep this week, seven associates of a suspected al Qaeda bomb-maker were taken into custody yesterday — as their cohort reportedly admitted to taking bomb training from al Qaeda and playing a key role in planning an attack here.
The FBI detained the seven confederates of Najibullah Zazi, 24 — whose recent, pre-Sept. 11 appearance in New York sparked raids Monday at every Queens home he visited — over the associates’ alleged role in a suspected bomb plot, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
The seven Queens residents had been under 24-hour surveillance since the earlier raids, and some of them already had their homes searched, sources said. There were no criminal charges as of late last night.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/queens_qaeda_raid_amid_confession_Zcop44rbh0wuzl13QgXDnM
Queens ‘Qaeda’ raid amid ‘confession’By MURRAY WEISS and CHUCK BENNETT
Last Updated: 6:58 AM, September 19, 2009
In a second stunning terror sweep this week, seven associates of a suspected al Qaeda bomb-maker were taken into custody yesterday — as their cohort reportedly admitted to taking bomb training from al Qaeda and playing a key role in planning an attack here.
The FBI detained the seven confederates of Najibullah Zazi, 24 — whose recent, pre-Sept. 11 appearance in New York sparked raids Monday at every Queens home he visited — over the associates’ alleged role in a suspected bomb plot, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
The seven Queens residents had been under 24-hour surveillance since the earlier raids, and some of them already had their homes searched, sources said. There were no criminal charges as of late last night.
In the Monday raid, agents confiscated computers, cellphones and nine identical backpacks. The material is being tested for explosives residue, sources said.
Investigators believe the suspected plotters planned to fill the backpacks with homemade hydrogen-peroxide bombs, then detonate them in simultaneous strikes in the city.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/queens_qaeda_raid_amid_confession_Zcop44rbh0wuzl13QgXDnM
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Queens ‘Qaeda’ raid amid ‘confession’”
By MURRAY WEISS and CHUCK BENNETT
Last Updated: 6:58 AM, September 19, 2009
Posted: 2:42 AM, September 19, 2009
SNIPPET: “Meanwhile, in Colorado, where Zazi now lives, both he and his father, Mohammed Zazi, 53, sat separately with FBI agents to explain their travels to Pakistan — and detailed the son’s bomb training by al Qaeda, according to a news report.
Yesterday, the younger Zazi allegedly told probers he was going to lead the attack, being directed by terror thugs from outside the United States.”
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