Al Qaeda recruiter convicted of directing terrorism

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Al Qaeda recruiter convicted of directing terrorism
Posted: 01:20 PM ET
LONDON, England (CNN) — A British man accused of being an al Qaeda recruiter was convicted Thursday of directing terrorism, the first person to be found guilty of the offense in the United Kingdom.
Rangzieb Ahmed, 33, was also found guilty of being a member of al Qaeda.
A second defendant, Habib Ahmed, 29, was convicted of the same crime. He was caught with notebooks containing the names of top al Qaeda figures written in invisible ink, Manchester Crown Court heard during the trial.