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    February 17, 2012

Person Arrested in Washington as Part of FBI Probe

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   Capitol Police officer Angel Morales stands on guard on the West side
   of the Capitol in Washington after a man was arrested in an FBI sting
   operation near the U.S. Capitol, February 17, 2012.
   Photo: AP
   Capitol Police officer Angel Morales stands on guard on the West side
   of the Capitol in Washington after a man was arrested in an FBI sting
   operation near the U.S. Capitol while planning to detonate what police
   say he thought were live explosives, February 17, 2012.

   U.S. federal authorities say they have arrested a person near the U.S.
   Capitol building who they say was seeking to carry out a terrorist
   attack.
   Officials say the suspect had sought to use what he thought were
   explosives in an attack on the Capitol. Law enforcement authorities say
   the explosives had been "rendered inoperable by law enforcement and
   posed no threat to the public."
   The U.S. Capitol Police say the person was detained Friday in the area
   of the Capitol as part of a "lengthy and extensive operation" with the
   FBI.
   The arrest comes one day after a Nigerian man was sentenced in the U.S.
   to life in prison for trying to bring down an Amsterdam-to-U.S. flight
   on Christmas Day 2009 with explosives hidden in his underwear. U.S.
   officials blame Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's plot on the Yemen-based
   branch of al-Qaida.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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