U.S. officials believe that Adnan Shukrijumah, a top al-Qaeda figure, helped plot last year’s attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, according to the Associated Press.
Shukrijumah met with one of the would-be suicide bombers, unnamed current and former officials told AP. The Justice Department has named him in a draft indictment but not yet filed it. Some officials said they were concerned that the notoriety might impede efforts to collar him.
Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan immigrant who worked as an airport shuttle driver in Denver, pleaded guilty in February to conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and providing material support to a terrorist organization. The plot called for Zazi and two friends to detonate backpack bombs on subway trains during rush hour near the Grand Central and Times Square stations last September. Zazi said the plot was a response to the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan.
FBI Director Robert Mueller has called Adnan el-Shukrijumah “the next Mohammed Atta,” adding that he represents “a clear and imminent danger to all Americans.”
Shukrijumah’s face has appeared on the front pages of newspapers and every televised news outlet throughout the United States and Canada.
A special office for information that might lead to his arrest — replete with a 24 hour hotline — has been set up in Miami, Florida.
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