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Charges Filed in Detroit in Attempted Plane Bombing; Authorities Say Device Contained Highly Explosive Chemical PETN
Eric Holder Jr. issued statement By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal criminal complaint charging the Nigerian National with trying to blow up the Christmas day plane from Amsterdam to Detroit, said the explosive device contained PETN or pentaerythritol, a highly explosive material. The charging document filed in federal court in Detroit Saturday, charged Umar Farkouk…