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“Reputed Al Qaeda terror cell operative Najibullah Zazi arrested by FBI”
BY JUDITH CROSSON IN DENVER AND ROCCO PARASCANDOLA, ALISON GENDAR, JAKE PEARSON, TINA MOORE AND LARRY MCSHANE
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Sunday, September 20th 2009, 12:40 AM
SNIPPET: “Suspected mastermind Najibullah Zazi, 24, and his father, Muhammad Zazi, were handcuffed as authorities raided Zazi’s suburban Denver home, television broadcasts showed. It was not clear what charges they faced.
Two more arrests were expected in New York City, CNN reported.
One suspect in the probe - that now reaches from New York to Colorado and overseas - told investigators that Zazi was expected to decide when the cell would launch their attack, a law enforcement source said.
ABC News reported Zazi also had used his computer to research football stadiums and sites where recent Fashion Week events were held in Manhattan.
Zazi also had a cell phone video of Grand Central Terminal, sources said.”
SNIPPET: “None of the potential stadium sites was identified by name, although both New York and Denver - the two cities at the heart of the investigation - host multiple professional sports stadiums.
It was unclear if the stadium information was tied directly to any specific plot hatched by Zazi, an Afghan national who moved to Denver from New York six months ago, sources said.”
SNIPPET: “All told, authorities were watching up to a dozen men in New York, sources said.”
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"Two more arrests were expected in New York City, CNN reported."
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“3 arrested for false statements in terror probe”
By STEVEN K. PAULSON (AP) – 18 minutes ago
DENVER —
SNIPPET: “Najibullah Zazi, 24, and his father, Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53, were arrested by federal agents late Saturday at their suburban Denver homes. Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37, of Flushing, New York, also was arrested, the Justice Department said.
Each was charged with knowingly and willfully making false statements to the FBI “in a matter involving international and domestic terrorism,” the department said in a statement.
The Zazis were scheduled to appear in federal court in Denver on Monday, it said. Afzali was to appear Monday in federal court in the Eastern District of New York.”
