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September 21, 2009

Three Arrested in Terror Probe for Making False Statements
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Two Colorado men and a New York imam are due in court today after being
arrested for making false statements to federal agents in an ongoing
terror probe. On Saturday, federal agents arrested twenty-four-year-old
Najibullah Zazi and his father in Colorado. Authorities claim Zazi had
been trained in weapons and explosives in Pakistan and had made nine
pages of handwritten notes on how to make and handle bombs. But
authorities have not uncovered any evidence Zazi was planning to stage
an attack. Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
criticized the government’s handling of the case. Hooper said, “It
heightens our concerns about the case because you would expect that if
the government’s allegations were based on strong evidence, that there
would be charges brought based on terror-related evidence, not making
false statements.”



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