Trial Begins for Alleged ‘Shoe Bomber’ Cohorts
From Times Wire Reports
Three men accused of aiding “shoe bomber” Richard Reid went on trial in Paris, accused of terrorist conspiracy.
Presiding judge Jacqueline Rebeyrotte said the men were charged with plotting terrorist acts in 2001 and 2002 and with assisting Reid, in prison for attempting to bring down a Miami-bound airliner from Paris with a bomb hidden in one of his shoes.
Ghulam Mustafa Rama, a Pakistani with joint British nationality, and Frenchmen Hakim Mokhfi and Hassan Cheguer face up to 10 years in prison each if convicted.
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