FBI set for more anti-terror raids in Queens and Denver, Fears of Madrid-style subway bombing Up To 14 Backpacks And Cellphones Found | |
The Chef (OP) User ID: 671624 United States 09/16/2009 08:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: FBI set for more anti-terror raids in Queens and Denver, Fears of Madrid-style subway bombing Up To 14 Backpacks And Cellphones Found Raids underway in Denver Also...... FBI agents have raided the suburban Denver home of the man authorities say is at the center of an alleged al Qaeda plot to carry out attacks in New York. Share Najibullah Zazi says he has no connection with al Qaeda or possible terror plot. The agents arrived at the home of 24-year old Najibullah Zazi late this afternoon. One of the agents told ABC News the squad was carrying out a search warrant but declined to comment further. Watch Brian Ross' report tonight on "World News with Charles Gibson" at 6:30pm. Zazi's travels to New York last weekend triggered a round of highly publicized raids in the New York area. Authorities told members of Congress the raids had helped to disrupt a plot to carry out a major attack on New York. Law enforcement officials tell ABC News that agents discovered 14 brand new black backpacks in the New York raids, leading to concern the men may have been planning to use the backpacks to carry suicide bombs. The men responsible for the attacks on the London subways and the Madrid commuter rail system used backpacks to carry their homemade explosives. Authorities say Zazi brought with him instructions on how to build a bomb using household chemicals. Zazi denied to ABC News Tuesday that he had any connections to al Qaeda and said the FBI "got it wrong." "I have nothing to do with al Qaeda," Najibullah Zazi told ABC News' Denver affiliate. "Any link or anything with al Qaeda." His attorney, Arthur Folsom, said he planned to take Zazi to the FBI office in Denver today or tomorrow "to remove this dark cloud hanging over him." Zazi, an Afghan emigree who has lived legally in the United States since 1999, emerged at the center of the case Monday after FBI agents and New York police carried out raids on three apartments in New York where Zazi visited over the weekend. No charges have been filed, but law enforcement officials told members of Congress they suspected Zazi and the plot were directly connected to al Qaeda, and that Zazi had frequently traveled to Pakistan. [link to abcnews.go.com] Last Edited by The Chef on 09/16/2009 08:10 PM |