Man convicted in Al Qaeda plot
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From Times Wire Reports
A Briton who carried out reconnaissance for an Al Qaeda plot to bomb U.S. financial targets was convicted by a London court of conspiracy to murder.
Qaisar Shaffi accompanied Al Qaeda operative Dhiren Barot to the United States in 2001 to shoot video of potential targets, including the New York Stock Exchange.
Barot is already serving a life sentence in Britain.
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