Saturday, 7 April, 2001, 00:37 GMT 01:37 UK

Millennium bomb plot man convicted

A US court has found an Algerian man guilty of involvement in what authorities believe was an international conspiracy to bomb millennium celebrations.

Ahmed Ressam, 33, stood with his eyes downcast as a clerk read out the federal court jury's verdict - guilty on nine criminal charges including conspiracy to commit terrorism.

Mr Ressam - who pleaded not guilty - could face up to 130 years in prison.

He was arrested on 14 December 1999, in Washington state while trying to enter the United States from Canada with enough explosives to make at least four high-powered bombs, hidden in the wheel arch of a rental car.

The court found him guilty of placing explosives close to a ferry terminal, using false identification documents, and several other related explosives handling charges.

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2001

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phew! now i feel so much safer. thank you dear govt.

-- Anonymous, April 08, 2001