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U.S. Indicts Algerian on Violence Charges
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (News Agencies) - Algerian Abu Doha has been indicted on terrorism-related charges linked to a failed plan to blow up Los Angeles International Airport during the 2000 millennium celebrations, a U.S. attorney said Tuesday.
Doha, 37, was indicted Monday in federal court in Manhattan on eight charges of terrorism, including conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against U.S. nationals and conspiracy to commit a violent act at an international airport, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White.
Doha, who was arrested in London in April and is known by the aliases "Dr Haider," "The Doctor" and "Didier Ajuelos," is also facing charges of conspiracy to give material support and resources to foreign organizations.
The Algerian is accused of helping to recruit individuals for terrorist training camps by providing money, accommodation and fraudulent travel and identification documents to men interested in attending the camps.
He is also accused of providing the same services to alleged terrorists engaged in "jihad operations" who sought to kill U.S. nationals and of meeting with exiled Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden to discuss cooperation and coordination of terrorist operations.
An earlier criminal complaint against Doha cites his alleged role with respect to training camps in Afghanistan, where Bin Laden has been based, under the protection of the ruling Taliban militia, since 1996.
Bin Laden is included on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's list of 10 most wanted fugitives for the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, in which more than 220 people were killed.
The indictment also outlines "material support" given by Doha to Ahmed Ressam, who was arrested in December 1999 and convicted in April of conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism.
Ressam, who was arrested at the U.S.-Canadian border in Washington State, is due to be sentenced in September. He agreed to cooperate with the United States in exchange for a reduction in his sentence.
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