Minh Pham, 33, a Muslim convert who left Vietnam as a baby and spent most of his life in Britain, Pham travelled to Yemen in December 2010 to receive military training from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Minh Pham, 33, a Muslim convert who left Vietnam as a baby and spent most of his life in Britain, Pham travelled to Yemen in December 2010 to receive military training from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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Vietnamese-born al-Qaeda recruit sentenced to 40 years in US over plot to bomb Heathrow

Minh Pham returned to Britain after offering to carry out a suicide attack and being instructed to bomb civilians arriving at London’s busiest airport from Israel or America

Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 2:19pm, 28 May, 2016

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Minh Pham, 33, a Muslim convert who left Vietnam as a baby and spent most of his life in Britain, Pham travelled to Yemen in December 2010 to receive military training from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Minh Pham, 33, a Muslim convert who left Vietnam as a baby and spent most of his life in Britain, Pham travelled to Yemen in December 2010 to receive military training from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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