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SNIPPET: “Three Afghans held over US ‘plot’
SNIPPET: “David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security, said the arrests were part of “an ongoing and fast-paced investigation”, AFP news agency reported.
The FBI was also investigating other people “in the United States, Pakistan and elsewhere, relating to a plot to detonate improvised explosive devices in the United States”, the Justice Department said.
No further details have been released concerning the investigation.”
"The FBI was also investigating other people “in the United States, Pakistan and elsewhere, relating to a plot to detonate improvised explosive devices in the United States”, the Justice Department said."
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/20/terror.probe/
“3 men in terror probe charged with making false statements”
SNIPPET: “AURORA, Colorado (CNN) — Federal agents have charged a 24-year-old Colorado resident, his father and another man with making false statements as part of an extensive terror investigation that stretches to Pakistan.”
SNIPPET: “Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan national, and his father, Mohammed Wali Zazi, were arrested Saturday night in the Denver suburb of Aurora.
An acquaintance of the two men, Ahmad Wais Afzali of Flushing, New York, was also arrested. Afzali is a legal permanent resident from Afghanistan.”
SNIPPET: “Federal agents were investigating several people in the United States, Pakistan and elsewhere in relation to a plot to detonate improvised explosive devices in the United States, officials said.”
SNIPPET: “Two sources familiar with the investigation said that Zazi had video of New York’s Grand Central Terminal, a massive junction of rail and subway lines, as well as shops and restaurants, which see an average of more than a half million visitors per day.”