Another Arrest Made in U.K. Airline Terror Plot

A total of 24 people are in British custody in connection with a foiled plot to detonate liquid explosives on passenger jets, following the arrest yesterday of one suspect, the Washington Post reported (see GSN, Aug. 14).

One individual has been released, while the remaining 24 are being held without charges, according to the Post.

Meanwhile, German authorities said one or more of the suspects had contact via e-mail with Nese Bahaji, the wife of fugitive Said Bahaji, who is believed to have been a member of the Hamburg terror cell that plotted the Sept. 11 attacks (Partlow/Whitlock, Washington Post, Aug. 16).

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