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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

What does "The plot was a phony operation" mean?

Does it mean "the plot was fake, just in order to lure the student into obeying and taking terrorist action (but before the student actually acted, the fed agents/police arrested him)"?

Context:
NEW YORK Emotion: travel — A Bangladeshi student who came to the U.S. intending to commit jihad was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to terrorism charges for trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York.The plot was a phony operation engineered by undercover agents.

More:
http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2635409
  

Top answer

NL888 Does it mean "the plot was fake, just in order to lure the student into obeying and taking terrorist action (but before the student actually acted, the fed agents/police arrested him)"? It does. CJ

— CalifJim

  • NL888 Does it mean "the plot was fake, just in order to lure the student into obeying and taking terrorist action (but before the student actually acted, the fed agents/police arrested him)"?
  • It does.
  • CJ
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NL888Does it mean "the plot was fake, just in order to lure the student into obeying and taking terrorist action (but before the student actually acted, the fed agents/police arrested him)"?
It does.

CJ
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NL888Does it mean "the plot was fake, just in order to lure the student into obeying and taking terrorist action (but before the student actually acted, the fed agents/police arrested him)"?
If you read the article, it appears that he did actually act, and was then arrested.
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Thanks.
The question is why it is called " a phony operation engineered by undercover agents."
Was he lured by US police/Fed agents?
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