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Two jailed in Britain for recruiting for Al-Qaeda
LEICESTER, England (AFP) Apr 01, 2003
Two men were on Tuesday jailed for 11 years each after they were found guilty by a British court of raising funds and recruiting for Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network.

Illegal immigrants Brahim Benmerzouga and Baghdad Meziane raised thousands of pounds (dollars, euros) through a credit card fraud for an international network planning a jihad, or holy war, against the West, a jury at Leicester Crown Court in central England heard.

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