(Christian Science Monitor) Patrik Jonsson - Amine Al Khalifi, a Moroccan, was arrested on Friday after he set into motion a plot to blow himself up inside the U.S. Capitol in hopes of killing at least 30 people. Khalifi worked with what he thought was an al-Qaeda associate to take possession of a weapon and a suicide bomb vest - both of which turned out to be fakes provided by a U.S. undercover agent. Authorities have unraveled 36 homegrown terror plots in the last three years. Khalifi, who came to the U.S. as a teenager, was in the country illegally. He was arrested, authorities say, near the Capitol, wearing the non-functioning suicide vest.
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