THE DAILY INTER LAKE 5: Page 3 NATION Virginia man charged in alleged plot to assassinate Bush ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) A Virginia man was charged Tuesday with plotting with alQaida to kill President Bush in a conspiracy prosecutors said was hatched while the man studied in Saudi Arabia. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 23, a U.S. citizen, had been held without charges in Saudi bia since. June 2003.
He returned to the United States and made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court shortly after his arrival Tuesday morn: ring at Dulles International Airport. He did not enter a plea but contended he was tortured while detained in Saudi Arabia and offered through his lawyer to show the judge his scars. Before the indictment, a lawsuit filed on behalf of Abu Ali claimed U.S. officials had Saudi authorities detain him so he could be harshly interrogated.
Federal prosecutors have been fighting attempts to get the government to disclose why he was being held in Saudi Arabia. According to the indictment, Abu Ali discussed Bush-assassination plans with a an unidentified al-Qaida member in 2002 and 2003, while Abu Ali was attending college in Saudi Arabia. They discussed two scenarios, the indictment said, one in which: Abu Ali "would get close: enough to the president to shoot him on the street" and, alternatively, "an operation in which Abu Ali would detonate a car bomb." While the indictment does not identify the conspirator, it. says he was one of 19 people publicly identified by the Saudi government in 2003 as terrorists. The only other detail of the alleged plot in the indictment states that Abu Ali received a religious blessing from another unidentified conspirator to assassinate the president.
The White House had no comment on the indictment, referring questions to the Justice Department. U.S. Attorney Paul McNulty said in a statement that "after. the devastating terrorist attack of Sept. 11, this defendant turned his back on America and joined the cause of al-Qaida.
He now stands charged with some of the most serious offenses our nation can bring against supporters of terror. ism." More than 100 friends and family jammed the courthouse to show their support for Abu Ali. Many of them laughed in the courtroom when government lawyers described the alleged assassination plot. "It's lies. It's all lies," his father Omar Abu Ali, a Falls Church, resident, said after the hearing.
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"Evidence that comes through torture is the most unreliable evidence." During the hearing, Abu Ali asked to speak to the judge. U.S. Magistrate Liam O' Grady suggested he consult with his attorney, who then relayed Abu Ali's claims of torture. When Abu Ali offered to show the judge his back, O'Grady said that he may be able to do so on Thursday at a detention hearing, in which his lawyers will seek 2. his release pending trial.
"I can assure you you will not suffer any torture or humiliation while in the marshals' custody," O'Grady said. The Abu Alis have fought for nearly two years to have their son returned. They sued the U.S. government, alleging that the Saudis were detaining the young man at the behest of the U.S. government.
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provided "considerable" evidence that the U.S. government orchestrated his Abu Ali was born in Houston and moved to Falls Church, a Washington suburb. He was valedictorian of the Islamic. Saudi Academy in nearby Alexandria, Va. "He was very wise, very mature for his age," said Jamal Abdulmoty, who knew Abu Ali through their shared involvement in northern Virginia's Muslim community.
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