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PERTH, Australia (AP) - An Australian who pleaded guilty to plotting with al-Qaida to bomb Israel's embassy in Australia was released on parole Thursday after serving half his nine-year sentence.
Jack Roche, a British-born Muslim convert, was convicted in May 2004 after he confessed to being involved in a plan hatched by al-Qaida to attack the embassy building in Canberra, the nation's capital. The plot was never carried out.
Roche left the Casuarina Prison in Western Australia state by taxi on Thursday after serving 4 1/2 years of his sentence, which included the 18 months he was held in custody before his trial.
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