Grand jury - Alleged shoe bomber trained by al-Qaida

Thursday, January 17, 2002

WASHINGTON -- A federal grand jury on Wednesday charged alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid with being an al-Qaida trained terrorist in an indictment Attorney General John Ashcroft hailed as fresh proof of the government's ability to prosecute terrorists.

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