Defense, Friends Say Ore. Bomb Plot Suspect Set Up

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Mohamed Osman Mohamud on Monday pleaded not guilty to a charge related to his alleged involvement in a plot to detonate explosives at a recent Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore. During the hearing, the public defender representing Mohamud said that the plot–which was involved setting off six 55-gallon drums of explosives in a van at Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square–was part of a setup by the FBI. However, prosecutors defended the sting operation, saying that Mohamud opted to not back out of the plot and seemed to relish the carnage that would take place when the bomb was detonated. Prosecutors also noted that Mohamud dialed a cell phone number that he thought would detonate the bomb.

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