A Bosnian-American arrested this week in an FBI terror probe pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges of conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and receiving military-type training from al Qaeda.
The plea was entered in a federal court in New York by 25-year-old Adis Medunjanin. He is an alleged associate of Najibullah Zazi, who is accused of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction on U.S. soil.
Medunjanin is being held without bond until his detention hearing, scheduled for Thursday. He has denied knowledge of the Zazi case.
Authorities say Zazi, who has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges, planned to be in New York and use an explosive device on September 11, 2009 -- the eighth anniversary of the U.S. terror attacks.
Another man allegedly linked to Zazi, taxi driver Zarein Ahmedzay, pleaded not guilty Friday to lying to a federal agent, according to his attorney, Michael Marinaccio. A grand jury indicted Ahmedzay the same day.
According to the indictment, Ahmedzay is accused of lying to FBI special agents about locations he visited during a trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan, and about discussions he had with an unidentified man about military training in Pakistan in 2008.
