Bus driver in '7/7 style attack' rap; TERRORISM.AN AFGHAN immigrant has been accused of posing the biggest threat to America since 9/11 by plotting a bomb attack on New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Bus driver Najibullah Zazi, 24, has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or . He allegedly bought large amounts of hydrogen peroxide hydrogen peroxide, chemical compound, H2O2, a colorless, syrupy liquid that is a strong oxidizing agent and, in water solution, a weak acid. It is miscible with cold water and is soluble in alcohol and ether. and nail-polish remover - items that were used to make explosives in the 2005 London bombings. Investigators say they found bomb-making instructions on his computer and believe Zazi received explosives training from al-Qaeda. After Zazi's arrest last week, Attorney General Eric Holder said: "We believe any imminent threat arising from this case has been disrupted." Zazi and his lawyer have denied he is a terrorist. |
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