Two in UK Court Charged with Raising Terror Funds
Two Algerian men accused of supporting Osama bin Laden and his call for a Jihad against Americans and their allies, appeared in a British court Wednesday charged with raising money to fund terrorism. Baghdad Meziane, 38,and Brahim Benmerzouga, 31, denied a charge of entering into an arrangement for the purposes of raising money for terrorism at the opening of a high security trial at Leicester Crown Court in central England. They sat in the dock behind a bullet-proof window, flanked by armed police, and aided by a French-speaking interpreter. Full Story