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Guilty plea of alleged Al-Qaeda accomplice under question

Published: 28 April, 2010, 06:28
Edited: 29 April, 2010, 04:31


(Photo: Bud Korotzer / NLN)

A Pakistani-born American student has pleaded guilty to charges of helping Al-Qaeda just two days before his trial in New York was to start.

 
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Sarah April 29, 2010, 00:06 quote
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I don't know why they bother with the US. It, like Russia, is about to join the ranks of failed states. The UK is on life support. They should work on building their empire so that they can start pushing outwards with their ideology in a new light. While I don't altogether agree, I hate Western ideology.

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