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Iraqi national planned to bomb Manhattan synagogue, sources say

Federal prosecutors charged an Iraqi national on Friday with planning several terrorist attacks in the U.S. as retribution for the Iran war. CBS News' Anna Schecter has the latest.

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Iraqi national planned to bomb Manhattan synagogue, sources say

Federal prosecutors charged an Iraqi national on Friday with planning several terrorist attacks in the U.S. as retribution for the Iran war. CBS News' Anna Schecter has the latest.

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