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Trial of Al-Qaeda Suspects Opens in Bahrain
[AFP/Khaleej Times-UAE] The trial of five people charged in Bahrain with belonging to the al-Qaeda terror network and plotting attacks opened on Tuesday. The defendants denied the charges of preparing and executing attacks against another country, as well as training to use arms, being members of a banned organization, and financing terror attacks. Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet and has been designated by Washington as a major non-NATO ally.