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Two indicted in plot to kill Saudi envoy
Thu Oct 20, 2011 /
US
Two men named in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States have been indicted, according to the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office.
An arraignment for Manssor Arbabsiar is scheduled for October 24 at 10:45 a.m. before U.S. District Judge John Keenan. His co-defendant, Gholam Shakuri, remains at large, according to U.S. Attorney Preet Bahara. U.S. officials arrested Arbabsia last week on suspicion that he conspired with an Iran-based member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to hire hit men from a Mexican drug cartel to set off a bomb next year at a restaurant to be visited by Adel Al-Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador.The Iranian Foreign Ministry has said the accusations are baseless and called for access to the suspect.From CNN's Jim Barnett
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