Word: terrorist
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...foiled terrorist plot is usually cause for celebration. But the Sept. 19 arrest of two Afghan-born men in connection with plans to bomb targets in the U.S. has left FBI agents frustrated. They had not intended to swoop on their prey quite so soon. Had an informant not tipped off alleged plotters Najibullah Zazi and his father Mohammed, they might still be free men--and useful assets in the hunt for terrorist networks...
Najibullah, meanwhile, flew back to Denver, where he agreed to be questioned by the FBI but stopped cooperating after three days of interviews. He and his father were then arrested; both men deny plotting a terrorist strike. Afzali, who was taken into custody in New York, denies alerting the Zazis to the investigation...
...used in making explosives. Zazi told his interviewers he had downloaded the notes by mistake and had deleted them. But he admitted to training at an al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan in 2008--and that may be enough for the FBI to charge him with supporting a terrorist group...
...there is a real and strong middle option: to put ourselves and friendly Afghans in a position to manage future terrorist threats in that country without a major U.S. combat role. We can accomplish this by doing what we actually know how to do: arm, train, divide the enemy, contain and deter...
...These actions can be in place within one to two years and allow the U.S. to be mostly withdrawn from combat within three. This strategy rests on a time guideline, not a fixed timetable. It is in keeping with our overriding interests: first, to check terrorist threats worldwide and not place disproportionate bets in Afghanistan; and second, to extricate ourselves from unending major wars so that our leaders can focus sharply on reconstituting what makes the U.S. the leading world power - our economy...