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Australia frees Israeli embassy bomb plotter
A British-born Muslim trained by Al-Qaeda and convicted of plotting to blow up Israel's embassy in Australia was freed Thursday after serving half of his nine-year jail term.Jack Roche, 53, who pleaded guilty in 2004 to planning with Al-Qaeda to attack Israel's mission in Canberra, walked free from a prison in the western city of Perth after serving four-and-a-half years behind bars, media reported. ... He confessed to travelling to Afghanistan, where he met Osama bin Laden before receiving explosives training with Al-Qaeda. He later returned to Australia where he carried out surveillance and planning for an attack on the embassy. Posted by: ed 2007-05-17 |
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