Zazi Pleads Not Guilty to Terror Charges

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Source: (CBS/AP)



(CBS/AP) Last Updated at 11:50 a.m. Eastern

Suspected terrorist Najibullah Zazi pleaded not guilty Tuesday to plotting a bomb attack on New York City using chemicals bought in beauty supply stores and was ordered held without bail.

A lawyer for 24-year-old Denver airport shuttle driver Najibullah Zazi entered the plea in a federal courtroom in Brooklyn. Officials say he and co-conspirators bought products in Colorado containing hydrogen peroxide and acetone - key ingredients for homemade bombs.

Prosecutors believe Zazi received explosives training from al Qaeda in Pakistan and may have planned to target mass transit in the New York City area.

During the brief hearing, prosecutor Jeffrey Knox requested Zazi's continued detention, saying he was "a flight risk and he poses significant risk to the community if he were released."


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1. No surprise.

Not at all.