AP sources: al-Qaida's Afghan head contacted Zazi (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 10/14/2009 - 6:59pm

FILE- This Tuesday, July 22, 2008 image taken from Pakistan's Geo TV shows Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, an Egyptian who heads al-Qaida Afghanistan operations, in the eastern Afghan province of Khost. al-Yazid made contact with Najibullah Zazi, a Colorado airport shuttle driver accused last month of plotting to attack New York City, U.S. intelligence officials said Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Geo TV, file) PAKISTAN OUT, TV OUT, NO SALESAP - The airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bombing in New York had contacts with al-Qaida that went nearly all the way to the top, to an Osama bin Laden confidant believed to be the terrorist group's leader in Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence officials told The Associated Press.




 

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