Bush to make statement on plane plot

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Aug 10 (Reuters) President George W Bush will make a statement at around 2120 hrs today about a plot to blow up airplanes flying to the United States that British authorities said they foiled, White House spokesman Tony Snow said.

Bush talked on the telephone with British Prime Minister Tony Blair about the plot on Sunday and yesterday, Snow told reporters traveling with Bush to Wisconsin.

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