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Al-Qaeda reportedly plotting to bomb US plane

Al-Qaeda is reportedly plotting a terrorist attack on a US airliner, Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper reported, citing intelligence sources.

The broadsheet said Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) had recruited  a Norwegian Muslim convert and given him terrorist training in Yemen, and that  the group were believed to have selected a US passenger jet as a target.

This report has not yet been confirmed by US Intelligence or Law Enforcement.

“The Norwegian recruit goes under the Islamic name of Muslim Abu  Abdurrahman,” the newspaper said.

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