BRITAIN FOILED AL QAIDA PLOT TO POISON JEWS

Close call for London Jews
An Al-Qaida poison plot uncovered in Britain reportedly targeted Jews. The Independent newspaper reported Thursday that an Algerian terrorist convicted of preparing large quantities of ricin planned to use it against the London Jewish community. A British court found the Algerian, who had trained in an Al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan before moving to London, guilty Wednesday, but acquitted eight other Muslims in the case. It was the first conviction under tough anti-terror laws introduced by Britain after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.