ADDING NAMES IN CAPTION Mohamed El Youssfi (L), telecommunication engineer, and Abdessamad Benouh (R), technician at Maroc Telecom, both alleged members of the Belliraj cell arrive at the Sale court, outside Rabat on April 24, 2008 to stand trial on criminal charges. Abdelkader Belliraj, 50, is a Belgian and Moroccan national who was arrested last February in Morocco on suspicions of having led an Al Qaeda-linked group of 35 Islamic extremists. He is also a prime suspect in six unexplained killings in Belgium at the end of the 1980s. Getty Images logo Getty Images 21 months ago

ADDING NAMES IN CAPTION Mohamed El Youssfi (L), telecommunication engineer, and Abdessamad Benouh (R), technician at Maroc Telecom, both alleged members of the Belliraj cell arrive at the Sale court, outside Rabat on April 24, 2008 to stand trial on criminal charges. Abdelkader Belliraj, 50, is a Belgian and Moroccan national who was arrested last February in Morocco on suspicions of having led an Al Qaeda-linked group of 35 Islamic extremists. He is also a prime suspect in six unexplained killings in Belgium at the end of the 1980s.

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  4. Supporters of Pakistan's religious party Jamaat-e-Islami pray for accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees.
  5. Pakistani protesters rally to condemn the verdict against accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees.
  6. Pakistani protesters rally to condemn a verdict against accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees.
  7. Pakistani protesters rally to condemn a verdict against accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees.
  8. Ismat Siddiqui, right, the mother of accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui gestures as she watches a news channel with her daughter Fozia Siddiqui, after a court verdict against her other daughter Aafia in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Aafia Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees.
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  10. Ismat Siddiqui, the mother of accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui gestures as she watches a news channel after a court verdict against her daughter in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. Siddiqui was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees.
  11. Suspected al-Qaeda members sit behind bars at the state security court in Sanaa January 26, 2010. The court on Tuesday sentenced seven alleged al-Qaeda men to jail terms ranging from five to ten years over plots to carry out bombing attacks against Western tourists in the country.
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  13. A blindfolded suspected member of the Al Qaeda walks with a policeman after his arrest during a search and raid operation by the Iraqi investigation and criminal office in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad January 23, 2010.
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  15. Al Qaeda military leader in Yemen Qassem al-Reni, a Yemeni national, speaks in a video posted on Islamist websites in this file picture taken January 24, 2009. A Yemeni air strike on two cars killed at least six suspected al Qaeda militants, including al-Reni, in northern Yemen on January 15, 2010, a Yemeni security official said.
  16. Al Qaeda military leader Qassem al-Reni shouts behind bars after he was sentenced to five years in prison for taking part in a plot to assassinate the U.S ambassador to Sanaa and attack foreign embassies, in a Yemeni court in this file picture taken August 28, 2004. A Yemeni air strike on two cars killed at least six suspected al Qaeda militants, one of whom was Al-Reni, in northern Yemen on January 15, 2010, a Yemeni security official said. Picture taken August 28, 2004.

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