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  Richard Gavin Reid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reid was first elected to the Alberta legislature in the 1921 election when the UFA was first elected.
By the time Reid took office in 1934, the UFA government had become very conservative, and was at odds with the United Farmers of Alberta executive who had decided to support the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and its socialist policies.
Reid's party was unable to maintain the support of voters and was swept from office in the 1935 election by William Aberhart's Social Credit party.
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 Richard Reid (terrorist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Colvin Reid (born August 12, 1973), also known as the shoe bomber, is a British citizen born in Bromley, South London and a Muslim allegedly working for Al-Qaeda.
During the sentencing hearing he openly stated that he was an Islamic fundamentalist and declared himself an enemy of the United States and in league with Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
Richard Reid currently resides in the "Supermax prison" in Florence, Colorado.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Reid_(terrorist)   (320 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Who is Richard Reid?
The son of an English mother and Jamaican father, so-called "shoe bomber" Richard Reid was born in 1973 in the London suburb of Bromley.
The young Reid is said to have attended Thomas Tallis secondary school in Blackheath, south-east London, from 1984 to 1989.
Towards the end of 1998, Reid ceased worshipping at the mosque and is thought to have moved to Pakistan.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1731568.stm   (745 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Richard Reid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Qatada is also reported to have conducted prayer meetings attended by Richard Reid, the British national who recently pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up...
...the alleged "20th hijacker" in the Sept. 11 attacks, and shoe-bomb suspect Richard Reid.
Richard Colvin Reid (born August 12, 1973), also known as the shoe bomber, is a British citizen from South London and a Muslim allegedly working for Al Qaeda who was arrested on December 22, 2001 for attempting to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/people/Richard_Reid   (553 words)

  
 CNN.com - Man on jet had explosive in sneakers, feds say - December 25, 2001
Reid also lit another match and appeared to be trying to set fire to the inner tongue of one sneaker, the release said.
Reid, who is about 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs more than 200 pounds, pushed her into the bulkhead, the release reported.
Reid further raised suspicions because he checked no luggage on the overseas flight, although he did have a carry-on bag, which was later searched, the sources said.
archives.cnn.com /2001/US/12/23/plane.investigation   (1141 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation > America's War on Terror -- Al-Qaeda follower Richard Reid sentenced to ...
BOSTON –; Richard Reid, the al-Qaeda follower who tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday by a judge who warned him: "We are not afraid...
As Reid sought to justify his actions, several crew members who were on the flight looked stunned, glancing at each other in the courtroom and shaking their heads.
Reid tried furiously to light a match to his shoes but he was unable to ignite the fuse.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/terror/20030130-1552-shoebomb.html   (847 words)

  
 Richard Reid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The best known is Richard Reid (terrorist), also known as "The shoe bomber"
Richard Reid (cricketer) is a New Zealand cricketer
Richard Reid (UK politician) is a Northern Ireland politician
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 Richard G. Reid - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Reid was first elected to the Alberta legislature in 1921 when the UFA was first elected and served in UFA cabinets for the next thirteen years including a decade as provincial treasurer.
By the time Reid took office in 1934 the UFA government had become increasingly conservative and was at odds with the United Farmers of Alberta executive who had decided to support the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and its socialist policies.
Reid's party was unable to maintain the support of voters and was swept from office in 1935 by William Aberhart's Social Credit party.
www.music.us /education/R/Richard-G.-Reid.htm   (393 words)

  
 Richard Reid: The London Paintings
Richard returned to the brewery in Winnipeg for another year's work before settling in Vancouver where he was employed as a salesman in a sports car dealership.
Richard and Beverley Reid were married and left the next day for Europe, with the intent of staying there for a year.
In the fall, the Reids went to a château at Ravenel in the north of France, where he continued to work on his paintings until the spring of 1964, a period that was interrupted by a three month stay in London ‘sitting' Kenneth Armitage's studio.
www.galleries.bc.ca /agso/reid1.html   (1194 words)

  
 United Press International - US Regional - New charges against shoe-bomb suspect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Reid, 28, was being held without bail outside Boston on an initial charge of assault and interfering with the crew aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
Reid was expected to be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Boston on the new charges at an unspecified date, the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston said.
Reid reportedly obtained his sneaker bombs in Amsterdam on Dec. 12 before traveling to Belgium where he was issued a new British passport.
www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=16012002-025850-5751r   (766 words)

  
 The Foot Grenade - Wrecking The Winter Olympics in America
After all, Richard Reid was seated in the passenger cabin, a long way away from the "outer wall" of the aircraft, which is protected by an inner wall and substantial padding inbetween.
Reid was subdued by flight attendants and passengers on the Paris-to-Miami flight after he allegedly attempted to light afuse protruding from his shoes.
Reid's case is being prosecuted in Boston because the plane was diverted to the city's Logan International Airport.
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 Would-be shoe-bomber Richard Reid sentenced to life in prison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Richard Reid, the self-described member of al-Qaida, lashed out at the U.S. government Thursday before he was sentenced to life in prison for trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes.
Reid is the son of a British mother and a Jamaican father.
Reid was sentenced on eight charges: attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, attempted homicide, placing an explosive device on an aircraft; attempted murder, two counts of interference with flight crew members and attendants, attempted destruction of aircraft, and using a destructive device during a crime of violence.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/a/2003/01/30/national1538EST0709.DTL&type=printable   (785 words)

  
 CBS News | 'Shoe Bomber' Pleads Guilty | October 4, 2002 17:09:49
Richard C. Reid, who surprised prosecutors earlier this week by deciding to plead guilty to avoid trial, said he did not recognize the American justice system but agreed he did commit the acts outlined in the indictment against him.
Reid pleaded guilty to eight charges: attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction; attempted homicide; placing an explosive device on an aircraft; attempted murder; two counts of interference with flight crew and attendants; attempted destruction of an aircraft; and using a destructive device during a crime of violence.
But Reid stunned prosecutors when he said he wanted to plead guilty to avoid the publicity of trial and the affect it would have on his family.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/10/02/attack/main524158.shtml   (714 words)

  
 The Honourable Richard G. Reid, 1934-35
Richard Gavin Reid was born on January 17, 1879, at Glasgow, Scotland.
Prior to his election as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Richard G. Reid served on the Mannville Hospital Board, was a member of the Buffalo Coulee Municipal Council, served as Reeve of the Buffalo Coulee Council, and was President of the Battle River United Farmers of Alberta political association.
Richard G. Reid's greatest contribution to the Province of Alberta was his ten year tenure as Provincial Treasurer during the Greenfield and Brownlee administrations.
www.assembly.ab.ca /lao/library/premiers/reid.htm   (484 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Judge to bomber: 'You're no big deal'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
British nationalist Richard Reid was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a shoe-bombing plot.
Reid, a 29-year-old British citizen, pleaded guilty in October to charges that he tried to set off explosives hidden in his sneakers while on an American Airlines flight carrying 197 passengers and crew from Paris to Miami on Dec. 22, 2001.
Reid said his crime paled compared with what he said was U.S.-supported torture and murder of millions of Muslims in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Turkey.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-01-30-reid_x.htm   (588 words)

  
 CNN.com - Richard Reid pleads guilty - Jan. 22, 2003
Richard Reid told the judge he's a disciple of Osama bin Laden and an enemy of the United States.
Reid filed a motion earlier in the week stating his intention to plead guilty.
Reid, 29, a British citizen and convert to Islam, was arrested for allegedly trying to light a fuse to set off explosives concealed in his sneakers while on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on December 22.
archives.cnn.com /2002/LAW/10/04/reid.guilty.plea   (616 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Jet bomb suspect is British, says FBI
In Washington, a senior senator who is briefed daily on terrorist-related intelligence said that the substance found in the man's hollowed-out basketball boots was explosive and that the incident was being treated as a suspected suicide bombing.
The incident happened over the mid-Atlantic on Saturday and the FBI believes that a disaster was only averted because of the swift action of passengers, including a 6ft 8in professional basketball player, who attacked the man as he seemed to be lighting a fuse.
The Foreign Office said it was seeking consular access to the man and that the embassy in Brussels was investigating the issue of a passport to a Richard Reid three weeks ago.
news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/12/24/wreid24.xml   (542 words)

  
 #673: 10-04-04 BRITISH NATIONAL INDICTED FOR CONSPIRING WITH ‘SHOE BOMBER’ RICHARD REID
According to the indictment, during the course of their conspiracy, Badat and Reid traveled to Pakistan and several European countries, including Belgium, where it is alleged that both Badat and Reid at separate times went to the British Embassy in Brussels, falsely claiming to have lost their passports.
Reid went on to light another match in an apparent attempt to set fire to his shoe.
Reid, who was trained by al Qaeda in Afghanistan, attempted to detonate the shoe bombs while a passenger on Flight 63.
www.usdoj.gov /opa/pr/2004/October/04_crm_673.htm   (953 words)

  
 CTV.ca | 'Shoe-bomber' Richard Reid pleads guilty
Reid, a British citizen, took the witness stand Friday and under questioning from Chief U.S. District Judge William Young, described himself as an "enemy" of the U.S. and declared his allegiance to Osama bin Laden, the second such time he's done so in open court.
Reid's lawyers surprised prosecutors on Wednesday by announcing he would change his plea to guilty from not guilty in connection with his attempt on Dec. 22 to bring down American Airlines Flight 63 as it flew from Paris to Miami.
Reid pleaded guilty to eight charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction; attempted homicide; placing an explosive device on an aircraft; attempted murder; two counts of interference with flight crew and attendants; attempted destruction of an aircraft; and using a destructive device during a crime of violence.
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 USATODAY.com - Shoe bomber pleads guilty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
BOSTON (AP) — Richard Reid pleaded guilty with a laugh Friday to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes, and he declared his hatred for America and his loyalty to Osama bin Laden.
In one message, Reid described a dream in which he was waiting for a ride in a pickup, but when the truck arrived it was full and he could not go.
Reid pleaded guilty to eight charges in all, including attempted murder, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, and attempted destruction of an aircraft.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002-10-02-richard-reid_x.htm   (589 words)

  
 Richard Reid (terrorist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Richard Colvin Reid (born August 12, 1973), also known as the shoe bomber, is a British citizen born in Bromley, South London and a Muslim allegedly working for Al Qaeda who was arrested on December 22, 2001 for attempting to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes.
During the sentencing hearing he openly stated that he was an Islamic fundamentalist and declared himself an enemy of the United States.
This timeline from CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/01/07/reid.timeline/index.html) gives an account of Reid's actions before and during his attempted terrorist act.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Shoe_bomber   (363 words)

  
 CBS News | Lawyers Get Access To Alleged Bomber | March 26, 2002 08:24:05
Reid has been in U.S. custody since Dec. 22, when he allegedly attempted to light explosives hidden in his shoes during a trans-Atlantic flight.
Reid's defense team disagreed and refused to sign the measure, which included a ban on bringing expert witnesses to meet with Reid.
The restriction also prevent Reid from talking or praying with other inmates, require him to talk only in English unless an FBI-approved translator is present, and giving prison officials latitude to decide whether his attorneys meet with him in the same room.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/03/26/attack/main504632.shtml   (507 words)

  
 Richard C. Reid
British citizen Richard Reid is arrested for allegedly trying to blow up a Miami-bound jet using explosives hidden in his shoe.
Washington Post, 3/31/02] It is later believed that Reid and others in the shoe bomb plot reported directly to 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
CNN, 1/30/03] It has been suggested that Mohammed has ties to the ISI, and that Reid is a follower of Ali Gilani, a religious leader believed to be working with the ISI (see January 6, 2002).
www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=richard_c._reid   (202 words)

  
 FindLaw's Writ - Kayyem: The Sentencing of "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid
Reid subsequently pled guilty to eight counts of terrorism-related offenses and, last week, on January 30, in a packed and secured courthouse overlooking the city's Harbor, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Reid had sought to defeat the warrant on the grounds that it was overbroad.
Reid's emails, too, showed that others were involved: a man only identified by Reid in an email as his "brother", was to send out emails saved on Reid's Yahoo account after Reid's martyrdom.
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 RICHARD REID WAS A CRIMINAL WHO CONVERTED TO ISLAM IN JAIL.. - www.ezboard.com
The suspect, who was carrying a British passport in the name of Richard Reid when he boarded a Miami-bound flight in Paris on Saturday, worshipped at the Brixton mosque in south London, its chairman Abdul Haqq Baker told BBC radio.
Reid appeared in court Monday in Boston, where the flight was diverted, after he allegedly tried to ignite explosives in his shoes on the American Airlines Boeing 767.
Reid was forcibly subdued by flight attendants and fellow-passengers when he lit a match and appeared to be trying to set his shoes on fire.
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 BBC News | AMERICAS | Shoe bomb suspect 'did not act alone'
Mr Reid, a Briton coverted to Islam, allegedly tried to set fire to explosives in his shoes while on an American Airlines flight from Paris bound for Miami.
Mr Reid is said to have told investigators that he used a recipe from the internet to make a rare explosive known as TATP, or triacetone triperoxide.
Mr Reid was formally charged last week in a Boston court with attempted murder and attempted destruction of an airliner.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1783237.stm   (307 words)

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