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Feds: Zazi planned NYC attack for 9/11

An Afghan immigrant wanted to carry out a massive New York City terror attack involving hydrogen peroxide bombs on commuter trains to coincide with the Sept. 11 anniversary before federal authorities foiled the plan, a U.S. prosecutor said Friday.

U.S. prosecutor Tim Neff told a federal judge in Denver thatNajibullah Zazi “was intent on being in New York on 9/11” for apossible terror attack.

“The...

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