NEW YORK — A New York City man under investigation for his links to a terrorism suspect pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges that he flew to Pakistan to get military training from al-Qaeda.
Adis Medunjanin entered the plea during a swift arraignment at a federal court in Brooklyn. He faces counts of receiving military training from a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country.
The 25-year-old was one of two Queens men arrested early Friday in connection with the investigation of Najibullah Zazi, an Aurora airport driver who pleaded not guilty last year to supporting terrorism.
The indictment made public by prosecutors Saturday provided scant details on the accusations against Medunjanin, who was born in Bosnia but is a U.S. citizen.
It said the charges were related to a trip he made to Pakistan in August of 2008. Prosecutors have said that Zazi, Medunjanin and a third man, Zarein Ahmedzay, traveled there together that summer.
Zazi has been under arrest since September, charged with getting explosives training from al-Qaeda and later hatching a foiled scheme to attack targets in New York with homemade bombs.
Ahmedzay pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he lied to the FBI during the probe about places he visited during the 2008 trip.
