A FOLLOWER of Islamic cleric Abu Qatada has become the first man to be charged in connection with the September 11 attacks on America.
Zacarias Moussaoui, aged 33, has been charged with six counts of conspiracy in America to commit acts of terrorism, commit aircraft piracy, use weapons of mass destruction, murder US employees and destroy property.
The French-Moroccan was a pupil of Qatada who lived in Bolton for six months in 1993 before moving to Acton, west London.
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