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‘Terror cell’ tried to kill Gorbachev

A “terror cell” of Islamic militants attempted to assassinate Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in December 1988 when he came to New York for a landmark Cold War summit with President Ronald Reagan and President-elect George Bush, U.S. prosecutors alleged in federal court documents obtained by MSNBC Friday. Full Story