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“Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi indicted in terror plot; shopped for household items to make bomb”
BY JUDITH CROSSON IN DENVER AND JOHN MARZULLI AND LARRY MCSHANE
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Updated Friday, September 25th 2009, 1:25 AM
SNIPPET: “Najibullah Zazi stockpiled bottles of ordinary hydrogen peroxide and nail polish remover - and planned to cook them up into homemade explosives, the indictment charges.”
SNIPPET: “NYPD raids in Queens last week turned up nine backpacks and cell phones...”
SNIPPET: “The feds painted the bearded Zazi, 24, as a mad bomber whipping up batches of lethal explosives over a stove inside an Aurora, Colo., hotel suite.
While inside the suite on Sept. 6-7, Zazi tried several times to reach an unidentified individual “seeking \[the\] correct mixture of ingredients to make explosives,” a government memorandum said.
“Each communication \[was\] more urgent in tone than the last.”
SNIPPET: “One day after checking out, Zazi searched the Internet for Queens home improvement stores that carry the bomb ingredient muriatic acid, which can be used to clean concrete, the feds said.”
SNIPPET: “Zazi was caught on surveillance video purchasing 18 bottles of hair-care products laden with hydrogen peroxide in July and August, including one with the less-than-lethal name Ms. K Liquid 40 Volume.”
SNIPPET: “A pair of Zazi associates bought hydrogen peroxide and acetone products from Denver-area beauty shops during the same time period, the feds charged.”
SNIPPET: “Zazi’s father and a second man arrested last Saturday with the terrorist suspect were both freed on bail.”
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“Enemies within: America must face the threat posed by homegrown terrorists”
EDITORIALS
Saturday, September 26th 2009, 4:00 AM
SNIPPET: “Homegrown terror, so lightly dismissed by so many for so long, is sprouting perilously from American soil. Najibullah Zazi, indicted this week on charges of plotting an Al Qaeda bomb strike, is the terrifying face of a strain of radical, violent Islam within the U.S.
His case history documents how terrorists can fade into the fabric of the country’s pluralistic population and how easily they can fashion explosives out of readily available products.
But Zazi is not alone:”