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Article: AUTHORITIES SIFT CLUES IN N.Y. SUBWAY BOMB PLOT POSSIBLE SUICIDE NOTE PROCLAIMS HATRED FOR JEWS AND AMERICANS.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- August 3, 1997
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Byline: Pat Milton Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer doggedly tried to sneak into the United States in what his Palestinian family says was an innocent pursuit of the American dream.
But authorities say Abu Mezer and another Palestinian man were actually plotting to carry out a suicide bombing on a crowded New York City subway.
Investigators worked Saturday to piece together evidence that included a possible suicide note that ranted against Americans and Jews.
The Mideast terror group Hamas has denied any involvement with Abu Mezer, 23, and Lafi Khalil, 22, both arrested Thursday on charges they were hours from ...