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This attempted attack on our homeland was real, it was in motion and it would have been deadly. Eric Holder Jr., U.S. attorney general, said in a news conference following a guilty plea from Najibullah Zazi
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010

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  • ERIC HOLDER,
  • U.S. Attorney General, on the alleged plot by Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi to detonate bombs in New York on 9/11 last year; Zazi pleaded guilty on Monday
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