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UK Bomb Plot Doctors Tried to Come to US

Two in failed attacks began petition at medical student organization

By Greg Atwan, Newser User

Posted Jul 6, 2007 2:46 PM CDT

(Newser) – Two of the suspects in last week's failed UK bomb plot attempted to come to the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The FBI says Mohammed Jamil Asha and another, unspecified member of the gang of eight doctors and medical students arrested last week began applications... Read full story »

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