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Officials: Magazine influenced Nafis' plot

An al-Qaida-affiliated magazine started by a former Westbury resident that promotes violence against the West motivated the Queens man charged with a plot to blow up the Federal Reserve, authorities said.

Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, who is accused of the plot, was a follower of Inspire, a sophisticated-looking online publication advocating jihad in the name of Islam.

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