| Importance | Very Low |
 | Affiliation | UK-US airline bomb plotters |
 | Role | Family Member |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of Birth | 1982 |
| Gender | Male |
| Charged with | Failure to disclose knowledge of preparation of terrorism3 |
| Charging authority | United Kingdom |
| In connection with | UK Foils Transatlantic Bombings |
| Charges issued | Aug. 21, 2006 |
| Case status | Acquitted3 |
| Case resolved | Nov. 1, 2006 |
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| Reliable | The UK government acknowledged holding Mehran when it charged him on Aug. 21, 2006. He was charged with knowing about Nabeel Hussain's activities and not reporting it in a reasonable time to authorities.
The charges suggested he had knowledge of the plotting starting on Sept. 23, 2005.
A British judge dismissed the charges on Nov. 1, 2006, citing insufficient evidence.2,3 |
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| Possible | Mehran Hussain's name was absent from most of the inital reporting regarding the Aug. 10, 2006, arrests, which said three brothers -- Umair, Nabeel and Tanvir Hussain -- were detained.
However, an MSNBC pieced identified Mehran, not Tanvir, as the third brother, and said he was detained.1 |
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| 1 Carlile, Jennifer. 'Streets of resentment and fear.' MSNBC, Aug. 12, 2006. |
| 2 'Terror Charges in Full.' BBC, Aug. 21, 2006. |
| 3 'Pair not to face Air Plot Trial.' BBC, Nov. 1, 2006. |
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