Posted on 10/04/2004 11:58:55 AM PDT by mrplind
WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities brought charges Monday against a British man they claim conspired with admitted Al Qaeda (search) member Richard Reid (search) to use shoe bombs to blow up planes in midair.
A federal grand jury indictment unsealed in Boston charges Saajid Badat, 25, with attempted murder, trying to destroy an aircraft and other counts related to the alleged conspiracy with Reid, who also is a British citizen and Muslim convert.
Reid's attempt to blow up a Paris-to-Miami flight on Dec. 22, 2001, was thwarted by attendants and passengers after he tried to light a fuse leading to the concealed plastic explosives in his sneakers.
According to the indictment, Badat "admitted that he was asked to conduct a shoe bombing like Reid" when he was arrested in Britain last November. Bomb components similar to Reid's were found at his home, the indictment said.
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AG Ashcroft is announcing his arrest right now.
And I made a mistake--Reid's cohort was indicted, not arrested.
Odd screen name you have.
Sole brothers?
Good. Now they can throw him in a cell with gay Mohammed so he can be introduced to the "ass bomb". Vaseline cell #4.
I thought so too.
They're crawling out from under rocks, literally.
I'd say that's right.
By my count, you have posted that link 12 times in two days. I think it's time for you to get back to DU.
Thank goodness the gov't has *tied* up this loose end.
Hopefully not a forshadowing of a legal battle (ala 2000) that postpones a final decision into 2005!
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