Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

May 28, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/australia.terror/

Australian Pleads Guilty in Israeli Embassy Bomb Plot

(CNN) - British-born terror suspect Jack Roche changed his plea to guilty Friday in an al-Qaeda-linked plot to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra, the Australian capital. Roche, 50, has admitted to meeting al-Qaeda leaders, including bin Laden, during a trip to Afghanistan in 2000 when he received training in terrorist techniques. After returning to Australia, Roche said he realized he was out of his depth when he looked up the FBI's Most Wanted List and saw on the website at least five people he had met in Afghanistan. However, he admitted carrying out surveillance of possible targets for attack, including the embassy in Canberra, and that he tried unsuccessfully to recruit militants to carry out attacks in Australia.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: