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Briton accused in bomb plot
By Associated Press
Published October 5, 2004
WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities brought charges Monday against a British man they contend conspired with admitted al-Qaida member Richard Reid to use shoe bombs to blow up planes in midair.
A seven-count federal grand jury indictment unsealed in Boston charges Saajid Badat, 25, with attempted murder, trying to destroy an aircraft and other charges related to the alleged conspiracy with Reid, who also is a British citizen and Muslim convert.
Reid's attempt to blow up an American Airlines Paris-to-Miami flight on Dec. 22, 2001, was thwarted by attendants and passengers after he tried to light a fuse leading to the concealed plastic explosives in his sneakers.
The indictment says Badat, who was arrested in Britain last November, "admitted that he was asked to conduct a shoe bombing like Reid." Bomb components similar to Reid's - including an explosive compound known as TATP - were found at his home, the indictment said.
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