Arrested NY bombing plot terror suspect traveled to Pakistan in 2008

September 25th, 2009 Colorado terror suspect being flown to New YorkDENVER — A senior U.S. official has confirmed that a government plane is carrying Colorado terror suspect Najibullah Zazi to New York City, where he is charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.

September 25th, 2009 Bomb plot suspect transferred from Denver to NYCNEW YORK — A Denver airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bomb attack in New York City on Sept. 11 is in custody in New York.

September 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Colorado-based terror suspect, Najibullah Zazi, was according to court papers released Sunday, trained to make and handle bombs. During a search in New York, agents found a laptop computer containing an image of the notes, which, according to an affidavit, "contain formulations and instructions regarding the manufacture and handling of initiating explosives, main explosives charges, explosives detonators and components of a fusing system." The affidavits also show that in interviews with the F.B.I., twenty-four-year-old Zazi, told agents that during a 2008 trip to Pakistan, he attended courses and received instruction on weapons and explosives at a Qaeda training camp in a tribal area.

September 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials have arrested three terror suspects - a father and son in Colorado and a man in New York, according to reports Sunday. The men are suspects in an ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to carry out bomb attacks in the US, CNN reported.

September 17th, 2009 COLORADO - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents scoured the Colorado home of an Afghan national - Najibullah Zazi - who has traveled to Pakistan and is linked to an Al Qaeda terror cell. There is a strong suspicion that he attended a terror training camp there.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - An alleged co-plotter of transatlantic airliners bombing plot is roaming free on British streets. Security sources have expressed serious concern about the activities of the 28-year-old man who is now living in Birmingham with his family.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - A top Pakistani diplomat has reacted strongly to Britain's accusations regarding Pakistan harbouring extremists plotting to attack the UK. The diplomat charged Britain of not doing enough to tackle home grown terrorists and treating Pakistan as a "whipping boy".

September 9th, 2009 JAKARTA - In yet another case which determines that terror is Pakistan's principle export, it has been revealed that the prime suspect of the July 2009 Jakarta hotel attacks received military training in Pakistan. Indonesia's national police chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri disclosed that Mohamad Jibril, who allegedly provided funds for the terror group responsible for the bombings, received training in Pakistan during 1999-2000.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - The Pakistani intelligence had tortured Rashid Rauf, the alleged mastermind of the airliner bombing plot, so badly that Britain had to abandon its plan to prosecute him. According to the Guardian, Rauf was treated so badly that he could not be extradited.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - British investigators have revealed that a son of a Birmingham based baker having contacts with the Al-Qaeda, played a key role in planning the conspiracy to blow up at least seven airliners flying from Britain to different North American cities. As Scotland Yard tried to piece together the network of radicalized Islamists based in London and the lawless tribal region along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the arrest of Rashid Rauf, 25, made it clear that he played a key role in the conspiracy.

August 21st, 2009 RAWALPINDI - An Anti Terrorism Court here has awarded 14 day judicial custody to a Mumbai terror suspect and sent him to the Adiala Jail, where all the other alleged 26/11 suspects are locked. The suspect, Jamil Ahmed of Battgram, was produced before the court by the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) Special Investigation Unit (SIU) after which the court adjourned the hearing till September 3.

August 15th, 2009 LONDON - British intelligence service MI5 has arrested a group of Pakistan-origin terror suspects who were using code words about a wedding in their emails for an al-Qaeda bomb plot, it has emerged. One e-mail referred to a girl called Nadia who would be involved in a nikah, or wedding, between April 15 and 20 this year.

July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Seven North Carolina men were arrested and charged on Monday with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists overseas. It is unclear whether the group is connected to Al Qaeda or some other overseas radical group.

May 21st, 2009 NEW YORK - Four men have been taken into custody by federal authorities in New York for an alleged plot to bomb a Jewish target in the city's Bronx borough, local broadcaster NY1 reported citing officials. The plot allegedly targeted a synagogue in the Riverdale district of the Bronx.

May 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has said that it has completed investigation of the Mumbai terror attack. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa informed the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Interior Affairs that the probe into the November 2008 terror attacks has been completed and five accused were also nabbed by the authorities.