| | 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. |
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