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Richard Reid

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 09: Richard Reid and Lisa Wilkinson attend the Maticevski show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia Spring/Summer 2013/14 at Carriageworks on April 9, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.

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About Richard Reid

Richard Colvin Reid (also known as Abdul Raheem and often referred to in the media as the shoe bomber) (born 12 August 1973) was convicted on charges of terrorism and is currently serving a life sentence in the United States for attempting to destroy a commercial aircraft in-flight by detonating explosives hidden in his shoes. According to al-Qaeda operative Mohammed Mansour Jabarah (who was captured and interrogated in Oman in 2002), Reid was a member of al-Qaeda and had been sent on the bombing mission by Khaled Shaikh Mohammed, a senior member of the organization.

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