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FBI String Captures Man in (Fake) Suicide Vest on His Way to Capitol
A man was arrested Friday in another FBI sting operation that involved a fake terrorist ring and fake explosives. A Moroccan man in his thirties, strapped with what he thought were real explosives, was arrested on his way to the U.S. Capitol, Fox News reports. The suicide vest was fake. The al Qaeda terrorists he thought he was plotting with were fake, too. They were really FBI agents.
“The public was never in danger, as he had been under constant surveillance for some time, officials said,” Fox reports, noting that the man had been watched for less than a year.
Read more. [Image: Associated Press]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjyb2KJvd1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
FBI String Captures Man in (Fake) Suicide Vest on His Way to Capitol
A man was arrested Friday in another FBI sting operation that involved a fake terrorist ring and fake explosives. A Moroccan man in his thirties, strapped with what he thought were real explosives, was arrested on his way to the U.S. Capitol, Fox News reports. The suicide vest was fake. The al Qaeda terrorists he thought he was plotting with were fake, too. They were really FBI agents.
“The public was never in danger, as he had been under constant surveillance for some time, officials said,” Fox reports, noting that the man had been watched for less than a year.
Read more. [Image: Associated Press]
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