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Prosecutors urge that terror suspect be kept in jail

Lawyers say he’s mentally troubled

By Denise Lavoie

 |  Associated Press  

  November 15, 2011

A man accused of plotting to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol is a “ticking time bomb’’ who is committed to attacking the United States, a prosecutor said yesterday while urging a judge to keep him locked up while he awaits trial.

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