Pakistani says U.S. five targeted nuclear plants

Source Associated Press

Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear-power facilities, authorities said yesterday. The young Muslim men, from the Washington area, were picked up in Pakistan earlier this month in a case that has spurred fears that Westerners are traveling to the country to join militant groups. Pakistani police and government officials have made escalating and, at times, seemingly contradictory allegations about the men's intentions. U.S. officials have been far more cautious, though they, too, are looking at charging the five.