Trial begins for Houston Al-Qaeda member accused of helping blow up military base
A day after the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the trial of an al-Qaeda member accused of helping blow up a U.S. military base began in Brooklyn’s federal court.
Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 31, smiled as he was escorted into a courtroom full of suits and ties to accompany the navy-blue suit jacket on him.
The Houston, Texas native’s fingerprints were found along some packing tape used to bind a bomb onto a vehicle that was planned to damage a U.S. base in Afghanistan, prosecutors said.