Terrorist probe expands to include friends, associates of Najibullah Zazi
By Rocco Parascandola, James Gordon Meek and Corky Siemaszko
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Updated Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 2:35 PM
Counter-terror agents raided several city apartments on Tuesday searching for evidence that could link a half-dozen suspected terrorists to a recently uncovered plot to bomb in New York.
The men are friends and associates of the three Afghan immigrants arrested over the weekend after police raided several Queens apartments.
“We’ve got new bodies - eight more people we’re looking at,” a source close to the investigation told The Daily News.
Between 16 and 20 men are under surveillance - as are their haunts in the city, sources said.
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The News also reported that NYPD investigators, in coordination with the FBI, hit chemical and fertilizer companies looking for customers who bought bulk and paid cash - and were also showing up at storage centers in Long Island City.
At the same time, the Department of Homeland Security issued a nationwide bulletin asking cops to be on the look out for suspicious activities at storage facilities.
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The cases of Zazi and his father, both of whom live outside of Denver, are expected to be transferred to New York.
The FBI said Zazi, arrested in Colorado on Saturday, has admitted being trained in “weapons and explosives” last year at an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan.
Sources told The News for the first time that he admits he was out to kill
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