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Al-Qaida Suspect Appears In Federal Court In Pennsylvania

Ali Charaf Damache is the first terrorism-related suspect to be sent to the U.S. since President Trump took office.

An al-Qaida-linked suspect who prosecutors say conspired to murder a Swedish cartoonist has been charged in federal court in Philadelphia, despite the Trump administration's vow that alleged terrorists would be tried in military courts.

Prosecutors say Ali Charaf Damache, 52, an Algerian-born Irish citizen

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