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	<title><![CDATA[U.S. Justice Department drops "dirty bomb plot" allegation against Binyam Mohamed]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/us-justice-department-dro_b_135167.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>As the <em><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101403146.html?hpid=topnews">Washington Post</a></em> reported yesterday, the U.S. Justice Department has dropped the key allegation against British resident and Guant&Atilde;&iexcl;namo prisoner <a href="http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/05/10/guantanamo-torture-victim-binyam-mohamed-sues-british-government-for-evidence/">Binyam Mohamed</a> -- that he was involved, with American citizen <a href="http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/09/04/jose-padilla-more-sinned-against-than-sinning/">Jose Padilla</a>, in a plot to detonate a "dirty bomb" in a U.S. city.</p>

<p>For over three years, Binyam's lawyers at <a href="http://www.reprieve.org.uk/">Reprieve</a>, the London-based legal action charity, have been arguing that the allegations against Binyam were extracted through the use of torture -- in Morocco, where...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-11-16T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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