Article: `Dirty bomb' detainee first terror suspect at Charleston brig.

Byline: Dahleen Glanton

CHICAGO _ Jose Padilla, also known as Abdullah al Muhajir, will be held indefinitely at the Naval Consolidated Brig outside Charleston, S.C., where 260 military prisoners are serving time for crimes ranging from desertion to murder. But by no means do officials consider him an ordinary inmate.

Padilla, an American accused of plotting with al-Qaida terrorists to detonate a "dirty bomb" in the U.S., arrived Monday morning aboard a military C-130 plane, according to Department of Defense officials. He was confined to a secure area of the prison, isolated from other inmates and placed under heavy military guard, officials said.

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