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8 December 2010
Last updated at 13:06 ET
Authorities in the US have arrested a man in Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, for allegedly plotting to blow up a military recruitment centre.
A US justice department spokesman, Dean Boyd, said the suspect was an American citizen.
Mr Boyd said the man had been monitored by law enforcement officers for months as part of a sting operation.
The US Attorney's Office for Maryland said the alleged suspect was plotting to blow up a base using a vehicle bomb.
It added there was no danger to the public and that the explosives were inert.
The man, whose identity has not been released, is due to appear in court on Wednesday afternoon.
The suspect was believed to have been planning to attack a recruiting centre in Catonsville, in the state of Maryland.
It is not yet clear which of a number of military recruiting bases in Catonsville was his alleged target.
The "sting" operation by which the suspect was arrested bears similarities to the way officers foiled a recent alleged plot to plant a bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Oregon.
Last month officers arrested Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, after he reportedly made a telephone call he thought would set off the bomb in the centre of Portland.
The bomb was a fake supplied by agents as part of a sting operation.
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A US justice department spokesman, Dean Boyd, said the suspect was an American citizen.
Mr Boyd said the man had been monitored by law enforcement officers for months as part of a sting operation.
The US Attorney's Office for Maryland said the alleged suspect was plotting to blow up a base using a vehicle bomb.
It added there was no danger to the public and that the explosives were inert.
The man, whose identity has not been released, is due to appear in court on Wednesday afternoon.
The suspect was believed to have been planning to attack a recruiting centre in Catonsville, in the state of Maryland.
It is not yet clear which of a number of military recruiting bases in Catonsville was his alleged target.
The "sting" operation by which the suspect was arrested bears similarities to the way officers foiled a recent alleged plot to plant a bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Oregon.
Last month officers arrested Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, after he reportedly made a telephone call he thought would set off the bomb in the centre of Portland.
The bomb was a fake supplied by agents as part of a sting operation.
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