For more than a year, two Algerians living in Canada helped hatch a plan to blow up buildings or other targets in the United States, a new federal indictment alleges. Ressam was already facing explosives charges. The latest indictment adds terrorism conspiracy allegations and adds details to what prosecutors have described as an international plot involving at least six Algerians or their associates.
Prosecutors say they forged documents, bought or made explosives and sought large-scale destruction.
No specific targets given AP Abdelmajid Dahouman The indictment, however, does not include specific targets or how investigators traced an alleged plot dating to 1998. A separate federal indictment in New York said the conspiracy began at least a year earlier. There were several developments in the case on Thursday. In New York, a third man involved in the case pleaded innocent to supporting Ressam. And in Montreal, an Algerian facing U.S. terrorism charges was denied bail after police said he coordinated plans to smuggle explosives into the United States.