TRACKING TERRORIST SUSPECTS ON U.S. SOIL
Even before last week's evidence that al-Qaeda was stalking new targets in America, law- enforcement officials had uncovered many suspected jihadist plots in the U.S.

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COLUMBUS
NURADIN ABDI
The Somali native is charged with conspiring to strike an unnamed Columbus-area mall. According to the FBI, the plot was devised shortly after Abdi returned to the U.S. after attending an al-Qaeda training camp in 1999. He has pleaded not guilty, and is awaiting trial in an Ohio jail.
FROM THE AUG. 16, 2004 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, AUG. 8, 2004

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