An Australian will stand trial for allegedly plotting to blow up Israeli diplomatic missions in Australia. Muslim convert Jack Roche, who says he was trained to use explosives by Al-Qaida, was ordered Thursday to be charged with conspiring in 2000 to bomb the Israeli Embassy in Canberra and the consulate in Sydney, according to Agence France-Presse.
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