Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, (R) appears with his defense lawyer Sean Maher (L) in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, January 7, 2016, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An American citizen will go to trial in federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday on charges that he supported al Qaeda and helped prepare a 2009 car bomb attack on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 31, has pleaded not guilty to charges that include conspiring to murder Americans and use a weapon of mass destruction, and supporting a foreign terrorist organisation. If convicted, he could face life in prison.
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