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January 16-22; Charges Filed in Bomb Plot

Published: January 23, 2000

The federal government charged an Algerian man with playing a central role in a bomb plot officials say was interrupted last month when an accomplice was arrested trying to smuggle bomb parts into the United States near Seattle.

Mokhtar Haouari, 31, is being held in Montreal on a warrant seeking his extradition to the United States, where he will face charges in New York. Mr. Haouari is at least the seventh person arrested in the continuing investigation. BENJAMIN WEISER