Washington

Hearing begins for soldier in terror hunt

The military began a hearing Wednesday to determine if a National Guardsman should be court-martialed on charges that he tried to assist al-Qaida and join the organization so he could conduct terrorist attacks.

Spc. Ryan G. Anderson, 26, a Muslim convert and member of the Washington Guard’s 81st Armor Brigade, was arrested in February and charged with four counts of attempting to provide information to the terrorist network. The information allegedly involved U.S. troop movement and tactics.

A fifth count disclosed Wednesday alleged that Anderson told undercover military personnel: “I wish to desert from the U.S. Army. I wish to defect from the United States. I wish to join al-Qaida, train its members and conduct terrorist attacks.”

Chicago

Rwandan arrested on visa fraud charges

A Rwandan man wanted on international charges of crimes against humanity was arrested Wednesday for allegedly lying on immigration documents about his role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Jean-Marie Vianney Mudahinyuka, also known as Thierry Rugamba, was ordered held until a detention hearing Friday on charges of making false statements when he entered the country in 2000.

Mudahinyuka had told U.S. authorities that he was a victim and refugee of the genocide that killed at least 500,000 people. But the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that he was “a perpetrator of atrocities, including murders and rapes.”