DATE=1/19/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=TERRORIST INDICTMENTS (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-258206
BYLINE=MARTIN BUSH
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: A Federal grand jury in New York has indicted
two Algerian men on charges of planning a terrorist
bomb attack somewhere in the United States. V-O-A's
Martin Bush has further details in New York.
TEXT: Federal prosecutors have charged Mokhtar
Haouari (Mokh `tahr Hah oo `ah ree) with conspiring
with Abdel Ghani Meskini (Ab `dool `Ghah nee Mes `kee
nee) to commit terrorist acts. The two Algerian men
are suspected of planning a bomb attack in the United
States at an unspecified location.
In an indictment unsealed in New York, Mr. Haouari is
charged with overseeing the smuggling of explosives
and bomb parts from Canada into the United States at a
border crossing near the city of Seattle, Washington.
The indictment also accuses the 31-year-old Algerian
with supplying false identification documents, such as
foreign passports and U-S Immigration identity cards.
Mr. Haouari is in a Canadian prison in Montreal,
pending extradition to the United States. His alleged
co-conspirator, Abdel Ghani Meskini, is being held
without bail in a federal jail in New York City.
Mr. Meskini - who was living as an illegal immigrant
in Brooklyn, New York - was arrested on December 30th
and is charged with providing "material support" in
the alleged bomb plot. According to the indictment,
Mr. Meskini, as ordered by Mokhtar Haouari, traveled
to the Seattle area to meet with Ahmed Ressam (Ahkh
med Reh `sahm)
Mr. Ressam, a 32-year-old Algerian, was arrested on
December 14th at Port Angeles in Washington state for
allegedly using an automobile to smuggle bomb
materials from Canada to the United States.
Another individual who may be tied to the alleged plot
is Lucia Garofalo (Loo `see ah Gah `roaf ah lo). She
is a Canadian woman who was arrested in mid-December
for allegedly trying to smuggle an Algerian man from
Canada into the American state of Vermont.
Federal authorities say if Mokhtar Haouari is found
guilty of the conspiracy charges against him, he may
be imprisoned for up to 25 years. (SIGNED)
NEB/NY/LSF/MAB/JP
19-Jan-2000 11:04 AM EDT (19-Jan-2000 1604 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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