Richard Reid (terrorist)

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. He was arrested on December 22, 2001 for attempting to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes. According to the FBI he has used the aliases Tariq Raja and Abdel Rahim.

External links

• This CNN webpage gives a transcript of Reid's conviction
• Another CNN webpage on the event
• This timeline from CNN gives an account of Reid's actions before and during his attempted terrorist act.
• CNN article with date of birth
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinal article details the scuffle
• Richard Reid's record in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons
• Richard Reid's Indictment (PDF Document)
• The Shoe-bomb Terrorist