In this undated photo provided by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, defendant Suliman Abu Ghayth, left, joins al-Qaida founder Osama Bin Laden, center, and an unidentified man somewhere in Afghanistan. Abu Ghayth, Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law, is being tried in New York for his role as a recruiter and motivational speaker for the terror group. (AP Photo/US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York) (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK – Prosecutors at a New York terrorism trial will continue to question a British man who says he was supposed to use a shoe bomb in late 2001 to blow up a plane in a second wave of terrorism aimed at America.
Saajid Badat (Sah-JEED' Bih-DAT') says he backed out of the plot in December 2001 after spending several months training in al-Qaida camps.
Badat is testifying by videotape from London at the trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (SOO'-lay-mahn AH'-boo GAYTH), Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and the al-Qaida spokesman after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Prosecutors are using Badat's testimony to show that Abu Ghaith conspired with others when he promised a storm of airplanes against American would not cease. Testimony continues Tuesday.
Abu Ghaith has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges.
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