December 4, 2003	Thursday	Shawwal 9, 1424

LONDON, Dec 3: British anti-terror police said on Wednesday they had charged a British Muslim with conspiring with convicted “shoebomber” Richard Reid to carry out bomb attacks in Britain or elsewhere in the world.

Sajid Badat, 24, who was arrested at his home in the southwestern town of Gloucester last week, also faces two other charges of possessing explosives. He is due to appear in court in London on Thursday.

Reid, a follower of Osama bin Laden was jailed for life in January in the United States after admitting to trying to blow up a transatlantic airliner using explosives hidden in his shoe.

Two weeks ago, British security services were put on their second highest alert after intelligence officials said they had information an attack was planned.

It followed numerous warnings from the government and security chiefs that Britain, Washington’s closest ally in the “war on terror”, was a prime target for would-be attackers.—Reuters