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  • Imam Yosef Wanly (upper center) leads a prayer service at the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center in Corvallis, Ore., on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, a former Oregon State University student who allegedly planned a bombing in Portland, Ore., during Friday's Christmas-tree-lighting ceremony, attended the center, which was struck by fire on Sunday. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)

    Ore. bomb suspect's mosque set afire

    Anger over a failed plan to blow up a van full of explosives during a Christmas-tree-lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore., apparently erupted in arson on Sunday when a fire damaged an Islamic center once frequented by the Somali-born teenage suspect.

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Ahson Saeed of Corvallis, Ore., reacts over a pile of debris pulled from a local mosque in Corvallis, Ore., on Sunday. Arson is suspected in the fire that was set in the early morning hours.

    Ore. Muslims fear retribution after bomb plot

    Patrols around mosques and other Islamic sites in Portland, Ore., have been stepped up as Muslim leaders expressed fears of retribution, days after a Somali-American man was accused of trying to blow up a van full of explosives during Portland's Christmas-tree-lighting ceremony.

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