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| B'KLYN MAN CONFESSED TO (chemical attack) PLOT: FEDS |
| 2005-11-11 |
| Via frontpage.com A Pakistani man living in Brooklyn confessed in "chilling detail" how he tried to sneak an al Qaeda operative into the U.S. to carry out a deadly chemical attack, a prosecutor charged in opening statements yesterday. Jurors in Manhattan federal court heard how Uzair Paracha, 25, allegedly agreed to further the terror plot during a series of meetings in Pakistan attended by two al Qaeda members and his father, a businessman now held prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. "This trial is about the defendant's role in helping al Qaeda penetrate this country and attack the United States from within its own borders," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Bruce. Paracha faces up to 75 years behind bars if he is convicted of providing material support to al Qaeda and related conspiracy charges. After his arrest in March 2003, Paracha confessed to helping al Qaeda operative Majid Khan in a scheme to obtain U.S. travel documents "knowing full well that he was plotting a terrorist attack," Bruce said. Khan — a Baltimore resident with political asylum status — had left the U.S. illegally and needed help re-entering in order to carry out his diabolical scheme, the prosecutor said. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #3 Gettin' close(r) to Dubya, his Admin., and the GOP-Congress. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-11-11 23:52 |
| #2 Only if he has no clothes. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-11-11 22:17 |
| #1 Just put him in general lock up and let everyone know of his plans. Justice will be served on this idiot. |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2005-11-11 19:17 |