A terrorist plot to blow up a U.S. passenger jet timed to coincide with the Olympics has been uncovered by security agencies, according to intelligence sources. Al Qaeda intended to use a radicalised Norwegian Islamic convert to attack U.S. planes in the build-up to the London Games - which start in 26 days on July 27 - it is understood. The plan centred on using the so-called ‘clean skin’ – a terrorist with no previous criminal record and are unlikely to raise suspicions among the security services – in order to evade airport security. The al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S. passenger jet discovered by intelligence services involved using a radicalised Norwegian Islamic convert to evade airport security measures. File picture
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Terrorist group recruited a western Islamic radical in an attempt to evade security procedures
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