| [Pak Daily Times] Two Pak brothers accused of collecting money and recruiting jihadis for al Qaeda have gone on trial in the United Arab Emirates, a daily reported on Tuesday. The Paks, accused of collecting money and recruiting people for al Qaeda, appeared in court on Monday, The National reported. The pair, charged with "running a jihadi organisation and aiding and abetting al Qaeda", has confessed to having links with the jihadi network, the court was told according to the report. They also "had direct communication with a senior member of al Qaeda", the daily said without elaborating. The report only identified the suspects as "AkW", a 49-year-old project manager, and "AsW", a 43-year-old marketing manager, and said they arrived in the Gulf emirate in 2008. |