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NEW YORK—An imam has pleaded not guilty to charges he lied to FBI agents investigating an alleged terror plot against New York.
Ahmad Afzali (AKH’-mahd ahf-ZAH’-lee) was arraigned Monday in Brooklyn federal court. He was arrested in September amid an investigation of Colorado airport van driver Najibullah Zazi (nah-jee-BOO’-lah ZAH’-zee).
Zazi has been accused of receiving training from al-Qaida to build homemade bombs in a possible plot to attack the New York transit system.
Prosecutors allege that Afzali, after being questioned by police, telephoned Zazi and told him he was under surveillance. They say he then lied by claiming he never tipped off Zazi—a charge he has denied.
