“Witness in Mass. man’s trial says group discussed mall attack, shooting Ashcroft, Rice”
By Associated Press, Published: November 28
SNIPPET: “BOSTON — A former friend of a Massachusetts man accused of conspiring to help al-Qaida testified Monday that they traveled overseas with a third friend to try to get into a terrorist training camp.
Kareem Abu-zahra, testifying in the trial of Tarek Mehanna (TEH’-rek meh-HAH’-nah), said the men also discussed shooting people at a shopping mall, attacking an Air Force base and shooting prominent U.S. officials.”
http://www.wowktv.com/story/16145494/ex-pal-terrorist-training-led-mass-man-to-yemen
“Ex-pal: Terrorist training led Mass. man to Yemen”
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 9:26 AM PST
Updated: Nov 29, 2011 12:36 PM PST
By DENISE LAVOIE
AP Legal Affairs Writer
BOSTON (AP) -
SNIPPET: “Mehanna’s lawyers have repeatedly said that Mehanna went to Yemen because he wanted to find religious schools, not to seek training at a terrorist camp.
Abu-zahra, however, testified that he, Mehanna and Abousamra used religious study as a “cover story” to anyone who asked them about the trip, including their families and authorities who questioned them along the way or after the trip.”