Byline: JOSH MEYER, SEBASTIAN ROTELLA and MARJORIE MILLER Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- The Briton who allegedly tried to ignite explosives packed in his shoes on a Paris-Miami flight has been identified by captured al-Qaida fighters as having attended a training camp in Afghanistan, adding to the suspicions of U.S. and European investigators that he is a trained terrorist, authorities said Wednesday.
Although Richard Reid remains an enigmatic and unlikely candidate for a suicide bomber, clues pointing to an al-Qaida connection are mounting.
Authorities are pursuing several theories, including that Reid was acting on his own. But the emerging portrait raises questions about whether a long-feared second wave of al-Qaida terrorist strikes is close at hand.
Al-Qaida soldiers being held as battlefield detainees by U.S. military forces recognized Reid from photos and said they had seen him at an Afghan terrorist training camp, according to Justice Department officials, who said the Pentagon informed them of the identifications. Those leads …
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