3rd Man in ‘Shoe Bomb’ Case Pleads Guilty
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From Times Wire Reports
A British man accused of plotting with “shoe bomber” Richard Reid pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to blow up a U.S.-bound aircraft in 2001.
Saajid Badat, 25, who prosecutors said dismantled his bomb after having second thoughts, will be sentenced at a later date.
Badat, of Gloucester, was charged with conspiring to make a bomb with Reid, who was convicted in the United States, and Tunisian Nizar Trabelsi. The others are in prison.
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