FBI Continues Ongoing Terror Probe of Alleged Bombing Plot with Suspected Ties to al Qaeda - Update 2

Post Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009
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AP brings us the following report and it starts off like this... An Afghan immigrant plotted for more than a year to detonate homemade bombs in the United States, had recently bought bomb-making supplies from beauty supply stores and was looking for "urgent" help in the past two weeks to make explosives, an indictment charged Thursday... Najibullah Zazi -- a 24-year-old airport shuttle driver who authorities said received explosives and weapons training from al-Qaida during a trip to Pakistan last year -- was charged in New York with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction...
Read the full report at link below...
Feds: Suspect hit beauty stores for bomb supplies
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The DenverPost.com has the following report...
FBI: Terror suspect cooked bomb materials in Aurora

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CBS Unplugged: The Zazi Indictment

About this video: Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on a count of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. Bob Orr and CBS News National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss the ongoing investigation.
This News Video posted on YouTube by CBS
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FBI Continues Ongoing Terror Probe of Alleged Bombing Plot with Suspected Ties to al Qaeda - Update 1

Post Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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* The Wall Street Journal has the following report posted up on their website this Tuesday and it starts off like this... Federal investigators probing an alleged bombing plot with suspected ties to al Qaeda are trying to track purchases of chemicals that could be used to make explosives, as three men charged as a result of the probe appeared in court Monday... Two officials familiar with the probe said investigators were combing records on the purchases of chemicals, particularly hydrogen peroxide, that could be used to make bombs. Peroxide-based explosives were used in a deadly attack on London's subway and bus system in July 2005, and al Qaeda's interest in such explosives has been a top concern for the Federal Bureau of Investigation for almost two years, according to intelligence assessments made public...
Read the full report at link below...
Chemicals a Focus of U.S. Bomb Probe
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* TheHawkEye.com website has the following report today...
Transit systems warned to watch for terrorists
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* CBSNews.com is reporting... Counterterrorism officials have issued security bulletins to police around the U.S. about terrorists' desire to attack stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels - the latest in a flurry of such internal warnings as investigators chase a possible bomb plot in Denver and New York... In the two bulletins - sent to police departments Monday and obtained by The Associated Press - officials said they know of no specific plots against such sites, but urged law enforcement and private companies to be vigilant. These two bulletins followed on the heels of a similar warning about the vulnerabilities of mass transit systems...
Read the rest at link below...
Terror Alerts Issued for Stadiums, Hotels

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Mass Transit Terror Warning

About this news video: No plots confirmed, but the Zazi investigation turned up materials like the ones used for Madrid train bombing, leading officials to warn mass transit security to be on their guard...
This Video posted on YouTube by CBSNewsOnline
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FBI Arrests Colorado Father, Son and Another from New York Connected With Ongoing Terror Probe

Post Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009
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* Bloomberg.com had this report posted up on their website late this Sunday morning and it starts off like this... The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested three men from Afghanistan on charges of making false statements in connection with a terrorist investigation, according to the Department of Justice... Federal authorities in Colorado arrested Najibullah Zazi, 24, and his father, Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53, the Justice Department said in an e-mailed statement. The third man, Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37, was apprehended in New York... “The arrests are part of an ongoing and fast-paced investigation,” David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security, said in the statement. “It is important to note that we have no specific information regarding the timing, location or target of any planned attack.”...
Read the full report at link below...
FBI Arrests Afghan Men Connected With Terrorism Probe
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* NYDailyNews.com reports it this way... An alleged al-Qaeda terror operative told investigators he received training in "weapons and explosives" from Osama Bin Laden's goons last year, according to documents released Sunday... Najibullah Zazi admitted he visited Pakistan's war torn tribal areas for the training, documents said... Zazi, 25, was collared by the FBI late Saturday night in Aurora, Colo., along with his father, Mohammed Wali Zazi... Also arrested was Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37, the imam of a mosque in Flushing, Queens... All three face initial charges of lying to investigators from Joint Terrorism Task Forces in Denver and New York...
Read the rest at link below...
Najibullah Zazi admitted receiving 'weapons and explosives' training from al-Qaeda: court documents

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> Here’s a VERY Informative, Sunday, FBI Press Release...
Three Arrested in Ongoing Terror Investigation
Above Image by FBI
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Much more to come over the next few days on this ongoing... fast-paced investigation! I’ll find some good videos to post up too so check back...
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Back-To-Back Explosions Kill Over 40 And Injured More Than 50 People Saturday Night In India

Back-To-Back Explosions Kill Over 40

Injured More Than 50 People

Saturday Night In India

Saturday, August 25, 2007

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Follow the story at links below...

>>> Canada.com...
Three bombs within minutes, one at a street-side food stall and two in an amusement park, killed at least 38 people in a southern Indian city on Saturday in the latest in a series of attacks on urban centers... More than 70 people were wounded in the blasts in Hyderabad, a city with a history of communal violence, and where nearly a dozen people were killed when a mosque was bombed in May... There was no claim of responsibility...
Bombs kill 38 people in latest Indian city attack

>>> HindustanTimes.com...
Two explosions minutes apart at an amusement park and a popular eating joint in Hyderabad on Saturday evening killed more than 30 people and wounded up to 50. The state government and the Centre blamed terrorists for the blasts...
Terror in Hyderabad: over 30 dead

>>> MeriNews.com...
Two bomb blasts in Hyderabad took place on Saturday evening leaving behind a smoke of terror. The fatal blasts have led to a situation of high tension and a red alert has been declared...
Hyderabad bomb blasts leave the nation terror-struck

>>> FOXNews.com...
A pair of bombings tore through crowded public areas in this southern city Saturday night, one of them destroying one of Hyderabad's most popular family restaurants, killing at least 37 people and wounding about 50, officials said... Security forces were put on alert and thousands of police and paramilitary Rapid Action Force officers were deployed across the city, which has long been plagued by Hindu-Muslim tensions and occasional violence between the two communities... The blasts - one in a park during a laser show, and one in the crowded restaurant - went off minutes apart, officials said...

At Least 37 Killed in Two Bomb Blasts in India

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>>> AllHeadlineNews.com...
International terrorists were responsible for two bombings late Saturday that killed at least 44 people and injured more than 100 in the Hyderabad, India, officials said Sunday. Islamist militants from Bangladesh and Pakistan are the chief suspects in the twin bombings in southern India... Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh state Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy told reporters that all the available information suggests the involvement of extremist organization from those two countries.
Update: Islamic Terrorist Organizations Suspected For Twin Bombings In Indian City

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>>> EURONEWS.net has a video news report HERE

>>> Yahoo!News website has this REUTERS news video HERE

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I’ll post more videos up if I can run across them...

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