Saudi charged in US bomb plot, Bush possible target


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 20-year-old Saudi student has been arrested in Texas in a bomb plot that may have targeted former President George W. Bush, nuclear plants and dams, U.S. authorities said on Thursday.

Khalid Aldawsari, who was admitted into the United States in 2008 on a student visa and was attending college in Lubbock, Texas, was arrested on Wednesday by FBI agents, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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