New York Jihad Plot Update. "Sources: Several who went to Pakistan with Zazi back in U.S.," from CNN, October 4:
(CNN) -- Several people who traveled from New York to Pakistan last year with a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack have since returned to the United States, sources close to the investigation told CNN.
A grand jury has been in session in New York in the last week as further charges are considered in the expanding terror investigation, CNN learned.
Najibullah Zazi, 24, appeared in federal court last week. He pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring with others to detonate explosives in the United States.
Prosecutors allege that on August 28, 2008, Zazi and others flew to Peshawar, Pakistan, a city with a strong Taliban and al Qaeda presence.
Those currently under surveillance in the United States include members of Zazi's travel group, according to one source familiar with the investigation. Another source said at least some of the travel group are back in the United States. Officials will not discuss the identity, number or location of those under surveillance.
One of those under round-the-clock surveillance is Queens, New York, resident Naiz Khan. He and Zazi were friends as teenagers and Zazi stayed at Khan's rented apartment on September 10 after driving to New York from Denver.
Khan said he has been caught up in the investigation by a series of coincidences. One was that he happened to meet Zazi at a local mosque hours after Zazi arrived in New York last month and offered him a place to stay. He said another coincidence was that he had flown back to the United States from Pakistan on the same day as Zazi: January 15.
In an interview with CNN, Khan said he had not flown to Pakistan with Zazi, but had been visiting family in Karachi as he does every year. He showed CNN his passport, which had an entry stamp for Karachi for November 4.
Federal investigators found backpacks and a scale when they raided Khan's apartment soon after Zazi stayed there. In the past, scales have been used to measure ingredients for explosives; backpacks were used in the terrorist attacks in Madrid in 2004 and London in 2005.
Khan said he had never seen the scale and that the backpacks had been a gift to his uncle, who also lives in the apartment, from a store. He said his uncle planned to send them to children in Pakistan.
Khan said Zazi told him he was visiting New York to deal with a business issue related to a permit for a coffee cart that he owned. He also said Zazi visited New York several months previously. Khan said he was shocked at the accusations against Zazi.
"He used to enjoy his life and was very happy and never -- I never heard anything from him like that," Khan said.
Sources close to the Zazi investigation said it is continuing at full throttle. "No one will tell you that we have our arms around this," one source said....
Great job pinch-posting, Marisol.
I'm not worried. The POTUS must make sure we're all respecting Islam and fights stereotyping of Islam wherever it may take place: a much more important job than defending us from these neocon fantasies of some crazy jihad which goes on despite partisan concerns. Did I mention the Crusades, Inquisition, and Christian extremists? New York, NY is perfectly capable of handling any so-called 'threat'.
There may be some sarcasm in this post.
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I am sorry but i dont care how the main stream news media tries to slant this..
These Islamic Terrorists comming back from training
in a muslim terrorist state..
and obama and the democrats are just letting them waltz right on in.???
Im sorry but this is why i am buying every gun i can get my hand on..
Because i know people i know
Obama and the Democrats will betray all of us..
They already have..
They are letting the islamic terrorist walk our streets
givjng them free multimillion dollar vacations in bermuda
While placing ALL US veterans and tea party protestors
ont he terror watch lists..
Im sorry folks but all of us need to begin preparing to defend ourselves from both the islamic terrorists
obama and the democrats are welcoming into our nation
and the islamic terrorist supporters (meaning the democrat party)..
I sent this article to Pamela (Atlas) last evening, but either she missed it due to traveling, or never saw it at all.
I tried to write a comment or two in a concise, thought-through and fairly serious manner. Then my usual snark took over. I caught myself and deleted that stuff, because this is no longer something to be dealt with through humor.
The facts are that these "peace-loving people" want all so-called 'infidels' dead..... The subjugation or conversion part is a joke, especially for all Americans and Jews.
The next time something happens here in The USA...... with the current Jihadist in The White House, just one "event" will signify to them that all bets are off...... and the current administration WANTS something to happen for that precise reason..... All bets are off and at that moment, they officially shove The Constitution and Bill Of Rights into a shredder, along with everyone's rights, freedom and liberty....... because there's no way in hell the current administration will want anyone to offend any "peace-loving person".
Even worse to the current administration would be if even one American is able to use as little as a spit-ball-filled straw against anyone in self defense.
I'm done being nice. I'm also locked and loaded hot.
Kenny Solomon
Senior Expediter
The 72 Virgins Club Travel Agency
Bacon-wrapped rounds a specialty.
Unfortunately..at this point..my personal firearms and my expertise with all of them are not worth a bucket of warm spit. I would trade all of them for an informed and enraged populace.
People, you'll enjoy this WSJ article: "More Insults, Please"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574451712299324476.html
too many "coincidences" to be just coincidences....I would be watching anyone who goes to Pakistan and then returns...Nothing good has come from Pakistan lately...