UK officials late yesterday raised the number of arrests in the airline terror bombing conspiracy to 24 from 21 reported early in the day. Official statements remained sketchy amid reports that the plotters intended to blow up as many as 10 US commercial aircraft en route from the UK to the US. (ATWOnline, Aug. 10). Authorities added that all those arrested were UK citizens and said most were of South Asian descent and several of the suspects reportedly traveled to Pakistan recently. US ...
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