US breaks up bombing plot

The U.S. government has confirmed it broke up an Al Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. United States agents broke up the plot in Yemen and recovered a device similar to the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009. The bomb device did not contain metal, meaning it probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. The U.S. Justice Department says, no one was ever at risk, as plane tickets were never purchased, and the device is now being examined by the CIA.

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