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US Man Arrested in Alleged Plot to Bomb Military Recruiting Center

   VOA News 08 December 2010
   A U.S. Armed Forces Career Center sign is New York

Photo: Reuters

   A U.S. Armed Forces Career Center sign is New York

   U.S.  federal  authorities  say  a man has been arrested for allegedly
   attempting  to  blow  up  a military recruiting station in the eastern
   U.S. state of Maryland.
   The  U.S.  Justice Department says the public was never in any danger,
   as the plot was part of a sting operation and the bomb was fake.  The
   U.S.  Attorney's  Office  for  Maryland  says  the  suspect  had  been
   carefully monitored by law enforcement for months.
   Officials  say  the  man  tried to detonate the vehicle bomb at a U.S.
   Armed  Forces  recruitment  center  near the city of Baltimore, in the
   town of Catonsville.
   The  suspect  was  to  make  an  initial  appearance  in federal court
   Wednesday.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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