U.K. Man Guilty in Plot to Start Al Qaeda Camp in Oregon
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A U.K. man accused of seeking to set up a terrorist training camp in southern Oregon pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that he helped support al-Qaeda.
Haroon Aswat, 40, a resident of West Yorkshire who fought extradition for nine years, admitted to trying to organize a camp in 1999 and 2000 to train fighters who would travel to Afghanistan. The U.S. said he plotted with Abu Hamza al-Masri, a Muslim cleric who preached at the Finsbury Park Mosque in London, and a second man, Oussama Kassir. The camp was to provide training on poisons, weapons and explosives, the U.S. said.