NEW YORK- Two high school classmates of admitted terrorist plotter Najibullah Zazi pleaaded not guilty Thursday in a foiled plot to bomb NYC subways in the days after the eighth anniversary of 9/11. Zarein Ahmedzay and Adis Medunjanin, both 25 have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and providing support to the al-Qaida network. The two are to appeared in court this morning.
Zazi, the former Colorado air shuttle driver who aroused authorities' attention when he drove cross-country from Denver to New York last fall, pleaded guilty to similar charges this week. Authorities have told The Associated Press he is cooperating with investigators.
"The facts alleged in this indictment shed further light on the scope of this attempted attack and underscore the importance of using every tool we have available to both disrupt plots against our nation and hold suspected terrorists accountable," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. "This attack would have been deadly."
Medunjanin and Ahmedzay — who authorities say traveled to Pakistan with Zazi in 2008 — had already faced charges in the alleged plot to set off homemade bombs on Manhattan subway lines. Police said earlier this week that Zazi and two other bombers planned to attack rush-hour commuters to kill as many people as possible.
Both men had faced other charges in the case before Thursday.
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