Officials: Uncle of Colorado driver charged in NYC terror plot is indicted
By Tom Hays, APWednesday, January 27, 2010
Officials: Zazi uncle indicted in NYC terror probe
NEW YORK — Two law enforcement officials say the uncle of a Colorado airport driver charged in a terror plot against New York City has been indicted.
The officials tell The Associated Press that Naqib Jaji was indicted on a single felony charge and was arraigned in a sealed proceeding in Brooklyn two weeks ago. The charge wasn’t specified.
The officials spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
Jaji is the uncle of Najibullah Zazi (nah-jee-BOO’-lah ZAH’-zee), who was charged in September with plotting to attack New York City with homemade bombs.
Zazi stayed with him for several months in his suburban Denver home last year.
Jaji’s lawyer declined comment Wednesday.
