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BBC: Al-Qaeda terror suspect is jailed

An Algerian man with suspected al-Qaeda links has been jailed for six years for downloading information on how to blow up a passenger jet. Abbas Boutrab, 27, was arrested in Newtownabbey, near Belfast, over suspected immigration offences...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4545692.stm

2 posted on 12/20/2005 6:24:51 AM PST by Coop (FR = a lotta talk, but little action)
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FYI


3 posted on 12/20/2005 6:25:29 AM PST by Coop (FR = a lotta talk, but little action)
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Police later found computer disks with downloaded bomb-making instructions. He had denied the terror charges.


Probably just a merry mixup. I'm sure he was really looking for DU and just misspelled the url.


22 posted on 12/20/2005 7:35:39 AM PST by Valin (Purple Fingers Rule!)
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