<p> Two would-be suicide bombers who targeted New York City subways in 2009 are on a list of potential witnesses for the upcoming trial of a third man accused in the foiled terror plot.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A judge made the list naming Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay public yesterday at the request of The Associated Press and other news organizations. It had originally been omitted from a court filing in the case of Adis Medunjanin.<br /><br />Medunjanin has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he went to Afghanistan with Zazi and Ahmedzay in 2008 to join the Taliban and fight US soldiers.<br /><br />The three former high school classmates from Queens instead fell into the hands of Al-Qaeda operatives, who gave them weapons training in their Pakistan camp and asked them to become suicide bombers, authorities say.<br /><br />After returning, Zazi, a former Denver airport shuttle driver, cooked up explosives with beauty supplies and set out for New York City around the eighth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.<br /><br />Prosecutors say the plan called for three "coordinated suicide bombing attacks" on Manhattan subway lines. But Zazi became suspicious he was being watched by law enforcement and returned to Colorado.<br /><br />Zazi and Ahmedzay later admitted in guilty pleas that they wanted to avenge US aggression in the Arab world by becoming martyrs.'<br /><br />Also on the list of potential witnesses is Bryant Neal Vinas, an American-born terrorist who has become a key government cooperator.<br /><br />In a guilty plea in 2009, Vinas admitted giving Al-Qaeda "expert advice and assistance" about New York's transit system and acknowledged participating in a rocket-attack mission on US forces in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Opening statements in the Medunjanin trail are set for April 16 in federal court in Brooklyn.</p>
<p> Two would-be suicide bombers who targeted New York City subways in 2009 are on a list of potential witnesses for the upcoming trial of a third man accused in the foiled terror plot.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A judge made the list naming Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay public yesterday at the request of The Associated Press and other news organizations. It had originally been omitted from a court filing in the case of Adis Medunjanin.<br /><br />Medunjanin has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he went to Afghanistan with Zazi and Ahmedzay in 2008 to join the Taliban and fight US soldiers.<br /><br />The three former high school classmates from Queens instead fell into the hands of Al-Qaeda operatives, who gave them weapons training in their Pakistan camp and asked them to become suicide bombers, authorities say.<br /><br />After returning, Zazi, a former Denver airport shuttle driver, cooked up explosives with beauty supplies and set out for New York City around the eighth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.<br /><br />Prosecutors say the plan called for three "coordinated suicide bombing attacks" on Manhattan subway lines. But Zazi became suspicious he was being watched by law enforcement and returned to Colorado.<br /><br />Zazi and Ahmedzay later admitted in guilty pleas that they wanted to avenge US aggression in the Arab world by becoming martyrs.'<br /><br />Also on the list of potential witnesses is Bryant Neal Vinas, an American-born terrorist who has become a key government cooperator.<br /><br />In a guilty plea in 2009, Vinas admitted giving Al-Qaeda "expert advice and assistance" about New York's transit system and acknowledged participating in a rocket-attack mission on US forces in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Opening statements in the Medunjanin trail are set for April 16 in federal court in Brooklyn.</p>