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E-mailEgyptian terror suspects acquitted
ROME -- An Italian court on Friday acquitted three Egyptians of planning an attack on an American military cemetery near Rome and other U.S. interests in Italy, dealing a second blow to anti-terror prosecutors this week.
The verdict in the high-security courtroom in the capital was handed down after about two hours of deliberations.
The three suspects had been arrested in October 2002, and have been in detainment since then.
Earlier this week, prosecutors in Rome suffered a setback in a separate case when nine Moroccans accused of planning an attack on the U.S. Embassy in the capital were acquitted, along with three other suspects.
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