Tuesday, 12 February, 2002, 14:46 GMT
Accused pilot released on bail
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1815903.stm

An Algerian pilot who has been accused of training some of the 11 September hijackers has been granted bail at an extradition hearing.

The United States has abandoned efforts to extradite Lotfi Raissi from Britain on terrorist charges but insists he is still a suspect.

There had been allegations that Mr Raissi, 27, trained pilots involved in the US terror attacks, including the hijackers who crashed a plane into the Pentagon.

District judge Timothy Workman said Mr Raissi, from Colnbrook in Berkshire, could have conditional bail as he only faced extradition on two counts of falsifying an application for a US pilot’s licence.

Mr Raissi was released on