Bomb suspect to face terror charges in US

Jose Padilla, the alleged al-Qaida operative held as an “enemy combatant” for more than three years, was en route to Miami tonight to face charges that he was part of a US terror cell that recruited fighters and raised money for global Islamic holy war.

Bomb suspect to face terror charges in US

Jose Padilla, the alleged al-Qaida operative held as an “enemy combatant” for more than three years, was en route to Miami tonight to face charges that he was part of a US terror cell that recruited fighters and raised money for global Islamic holy war.

Padilla was being transferred from a military brig in South Carolina to the federal detention centre in downtown Miami, according to two law enforcement officials.

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