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To: Sully- who wrote (34390)10/27/2010 10:09:49 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Pakistani-American Held in Nascent Plot to Attack DC Metro

Daniel Foster
The Corner

Breaking from The Washington Post:

<<< Federal law enforcement authorities are investigating a nascent plot to carry out a series of terrorist bombings at stations in the Washington Metro system, according to intelligence and law enforcement sources.

The investigation is focused on a naturalized U.S. citizen, originally from Pakistan, who became the target of an undercover sting operation, the sources said. An administration official said the man drew the attention of law enforcement officials by seeking to obtain unspecified materials. The planned attack was not imminent, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the matter remains under investigation.

The man, Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn, Va., is believed to have conceived of the plot and planned to carry it out on his own, and it is not known how far he proceeded in his preparations.

Ahmed was expected to appear at a hearing scheduled for 2 p.m. at the U.S. District Court in Alexandria. He was arrested in Herndon.

Federal officials stressed that the public was never in danger. They said that, as part of the sting, Ahmed was asked to conduct video surveillance; he later turned that material over to federal agents he believed to be connected to al-Qaeda. >>>


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