Posted on 02/22/2010 4:15:26 PM PST by george76
Accused terror plotter Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty Monday, admitting he and others were on the verge of carrying out "martyrdom operations" in Manhattan subways.
Appearing in Brooklyn Federal Court, Zazi said the transit attacks were planned for Sept. 14, 15 or 16 - days after the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
He and his co-conspirators aborted the ghastly plot after Zazi's car - packed with chemicals and detonators - was stopped on the George Washington Bridge by investigators who had tailed him from Denver.
"I realized law enforcement was watching," Zazi, 25, said matter-of-factly in court.
Sources said that after the close call he flushed the chemicals down the toilet in an associate's apartment.
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Any doubt that they’re still gunning for us? Or if they finally acquire a nuclear weapon, they’ll use it?
Oh gosh, I feel safer now...NOT!
Only in LIBTurds minds.
Zazi’s plot getting foiled is a big setback for Omoslem.
These guys are like roaches—step on one and a hundred more appear.
Hope the NYPD is up to the challenge of protecting the subway system.
If they can, they will.
“These guys are like roaches—step on one and a hundred more appear.”
Too bad they’ve banned DDT.
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