Terror cell suspect pleads guilty

The sixth and final member of an alleged terrorist sleeper cell of Americans of Yemeni descent has pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism by attending an al-Qaida training camp shortly before the September 11 attacks.

Terror cell suspect pleads guilty

The sixth and final member of an alleged terrorist sleeper cell of Americans of Yemeni descent has pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism by attending an al-Qaida training camp shortly before the September 11 attacks.

Mukhtar al-Bakri, 23, admitted to being trained in assault weapons and explosives, and meeting al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden at the al-Farooq camp in Afghanistan, before returning home to Lackawanna, near Buffalo, New York, on August 11, 2001.

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