3 Plead Guilty in Terror Plot ; but Tell Court It Was a Publicity Stunt

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LONDON In a case that changed the face of air travel, three men charged with a plot to kill trans-Atlantic airline passengers with bombs in soda bottles admitted Monday they intended to cause explosions.

But the men appealed to the jury to believe their story that they wanted to stage an elaborate publicity stunt at one of London's iconic sites to promote a film, rather than commit mass murder.

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3 Plead Guilty in Terror Plot ; but Tell Court It Was a Publicity Stunt

The men are charged with a plot to kill hundreds of passengers at the height of the summer vacation season. When police discovered the plot in August 2006, airports aroun...

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