Milestones Sep. 6, 2004

ARRESTED. U.S. citizen JAMES EL SHAFAY, 19, and Pakistani national SHAHAWAR MATIN SIRAJ, 21; in an alleged plot to bomb a subway station and possibly other locations; in New York City. The men were not believed to be linked to al-Qaeda.

CHARGED. MARK THATCHER, 51, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; with helping finance a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea; in Cape Town, South Africa. The ex--race car driver, whose business career has been dogged by accusations of questionable arms deals and other shady ventures, was placed under house arrest in Cape Town, where he moved two...

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