UK charges two more over alleged airline bomb plot

LONDON, Sep 6 (Reuters) Two more men were charged today in connection with an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic airliners, British police said.

Donald Douglas Stewart Whyte and Mohammed Usman Saddique were charged with intending to commit acts of terrorism intending to ''smuggle the component parts of improvised explosive devices onto aircraft and assemble and detonate them on board.'' Both are to appear in court on Thursday.

The men were among 25 arrested by British anti-terrorism detectives who said on August. 10 they had foiled a plan to use homemade liquid explosives to bring down several airliners on the way from Britain to the United States.

Three other men were later released without charge.

A total of 17 people have now been charged in connection with the alleged plot.

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