Abdulla Ahmed Ali, who was convicted of plotting with al Qaeda to detonate liquid explosives on at least seven transatlantic airliners bound for the US and Canada, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights for a reversal of his conviction. Prosecution of the conspiracy has already cost UK taxpayers more than £100 million, after three trials in which over eight men have been convicted for their roles in a terror plot managed by key al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan. Rioting by as many as 180 foreigner inmates at Maidstone prison was subdued by authorities.
