"The Shoe Bomber"
Born in England of an English mother and Jamaican father in 1973. Attended Thomas Tallis secondary school in London. Convicted of petty crimes including muggings. Converted to Islam. Member of Brixton Mosque, in south London. Thought to have spent time in Egypt, Israel,Turkey, Pakistan, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and possibly Afghanistan. Accused of attempted bombing of American Airlines flight 63 on December 22, 2001. Suspected of connections with al-Qaeda.
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Attorney General Transcript
News
Conference Regarding Richard Reid
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BBC News
Who
is Richard Reid?
Shoe
bomb suspect 'agent of al-Qaeda'
CNN Coverage, with video
Suspect
in shoe bombing case indicted
Audrey Gillan and Julian Borger
The Guardian
Shoe
bomb Briton named as key agent in Bin Laden's network