Student Convicted in Plot to Assassinate President Bush
November 22, 2005 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Homeland Security News
An Arab-American college student was convicted Tuesday of joining Al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush.
The federal jury rejected Ahmed Omar Abu Ali’s claim that Saudi authorities whipped and tortured him to extract a false confession.
Abu Ali, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen born to a Jordanian father and raised in Falls Church, Va., could get life in prison on charges that included conspiracy to assassinate the president, conspiracy to hijack aircraft and providing support to Al Qaeda.
