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Brits Hunt for Northwest Bomber's Cohorts

Officials fear he plotted with extremists in London

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 28, 2009 2:13 AM CST

(Newser) – British officials are hunting for possible accomplices of the Nigerian whose attempt to ignite a bomb on a Northwest flight to Detroit was thwarted by passengers. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, attended a London university for three years, and security officials fear he may have been... Read full story »

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