Trial begins in U.S. Embassy plot

One of France's top terrorism suspects and five of his alleged accomplices went on trial here Monday, accused of plotting to blow up American targets in France three years ago, a charge that all six men deny

writes Katrin Bennhold in the International Herald Tribune.

More than three years after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States and 10 months after four commuter trains were bombed in Madrid, the trial is expected to shed light on the possible relationship between European-based Islamist militants and Al Qaeda and on links between terror cells in various European countries.

(Expatica quotes the AFP…)