Intriguing People- Najibullah Zazi

Najibullah Zazi was a terrorist suspect who recently pled guilty to the charges of conspiring to detonate explosives in the United States. He admitted that the terrorist group Al Quaeda recruited him along with several others. These were the three accounts that he was charged with: conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and providing material support to a terrorist organization. Zazi also confessed in court that while they had been training in Pakistan they had "had discussions with al Qaeda about targets including the New York City subway system." Officials have said that this is one of the most severe accounts of conspired terrorism since the tragedy of 9/11.



I think that it is shocking that such a large-scale terrorist conspiracy, training, and operation had been going on and so few people realized it. Many countries have been working hard at securing their borders and tightening security and procedures in general to keep terrorists at bay- especially the United States. I believe that most of this, and the new attitude towards terrorism has changed greatly since the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. However, because the US had such a significant crackdown on security, I think most people didn't worry anymore about another incident like that happening again. Are we still living under a false sense of security?

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