1.   But it highlighted the bizarre conspiracy theories, purported international plots, prejudices and fantasies that are spun in dizzying complexity by political leaders here.

2.   One defendant, El Sayyid A. Nosair, an Egyptian immigrant, is accused of that killing, as well as of participation in the purported bombing plots.

3.   Dominican police last week said they arrested a man in a Castro assassination plot, while The Miami Herald reported a similar purported plot by Cuban exiles.

4.   The discounted report had linked McBride to the purported plot.

5.   The purported plot was foiled after it was infiltrated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.