Briton denies plot to bomb plane
From correspondents in London
September 24, 2004
A BRITISH man accused of plotting to bomb an airplane pleaded innocent today.
Sajid Badat, 25, appeared at the Old Bailey court by video link from Woodhill prison. He was ordered to be held without bail until his trial starts next year.
Authorities had earlier accused Badat, of Gloucester, western England, of working with Richard Reid, an al-Qaeda follower who tried to detonate shoe bombs aboard a US airliner.
The formal charge against him did not mention Reid, who was convicted of trying to set off explosives on an American Airlines Paris-to-Miami flight in December 2001.
Prosecutors alleged that "between January 1, 1999, and November 28, 2003, (Badat) conspired with another or others to place or cause to be placed on an aircraft in service a device or substance which was likely to destroy the aircraft, or was likely so to damage it as to render it incapable of flight".
He was also accused of possessing an explosive consisting of two pieces of safety fuse, a length of detonating cord and a quantity of the explosive PETN with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property.
He pleaded innocent to both charges.
Badat was arrested at his home in Gloucester on November 27, 2003, and police who searched the home said they had found explosive materials.
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Terror suspect arrested at airport (Wam) 25 September 2004
ABU DHABI The UAE security forces at Abu Dhabi International Airport arrested here yesterday Abdul Aziz Khalid, a Sudanese national, upon arrival from Cairo.
Khalid was arrested on the basis of a notice issued by Interpol, accusing him of committing terrorist acts in Sudan.
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