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Al-Qaeda Yemen plane bomb plot foiled by 'insider'
Source: BBC
8 May 2012 Last updated at 15:06 GMT
Al-Qaeda Yemen plane bomb plot foiled by 'insider'
A plot by al-Qaeda in Yemen to attack a US-bound plane using an updated "underwear bomb" was foiled by an insider infiltrating a terror cell, US officials say.
The seized device is being examined by the FBI in Quantico, Virginia, while the source is said to have left Yemen.
The White House counter-terrorism says the bomb was never an "active threat".
Meanwhile, a senior US congressman has linked the plot to an al-Qaeda leader killed in Yemen on Sunday.
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Al-Qaeda Yemen plane bomb plot foiled by 'insider'
A plot by al-Qaeda in Yemen to attack a US-bound plane using an updated "underwear bomb" was foiled by an insider infiltrating a terror cell, US officials say.
The seized device is being examined by the FBI in Quantico, Virginia, while the source is said to have left Yemen.
The White House counter-terrorism says the bomb was never an "active threat".
Meanwhile, a senior US congressman has linked the plot to an al-Qaeda leader killed in Yemen on Sunday.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17994493
