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Probe uncovers plot behind terrorist attacks on US
NEW YORK, JANUARY 27: US investigators have uncovered what they believe are links between Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden and a group of A...
Written by Press Trust Of India
January 28, 2000 12:00 AM IST
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NEW YORK, JANUARY 27: US investigators have uncovered what they believe are links between Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden and a group of Algerians who have been charged with plotting a terrorist attack in the United States, the New York Times reported on Thursday quoting law enforcement officials.
In recent days, authorities in Senegal arrested a man who the American investigators believe directed an Algerian group in Canada in its effort to enter the United States and carry out a bomb plot late last year, the paper said.
The Times quoted investigators as saying the man being held in Senegal, Mohambedou Ould Slahi, is a brother-in-law of one of Bin Laden8217;s key lieutenants.
Officials said federal prosecutors in Manhattan are preparing formal charges against Slahi, which could be used as the basis for his extradition.
In making the arrest, the Senegalese were acting on a request from the United States. But Slahi has not been charged with a crime in either Senegal or the United States.
The bomb plot was foiled on December 14 when border agents in port Angeles arrested a man who had been driving a car loaded with explosives and four home-made detonators.
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