German prosecutors charge Turkish man with al Qaeda membership

Federal prosecutors said in a statement Thursday that they believe the man identified only as Omer O. had joined al Qaeda by the summer of 2004 and was still working for the group upon his arrest on Sept. 12, 2008.

Prosecutors charge he collected cash and "objects necessary for the Jihad" and delivered them to an accomplice, identified only as Aleem N., in the German state of Rheinland-Palatinate.

That man, identified by his family as Aleem Nasir, has also been charged with al Qaeda membership.

Prosecutors said Omer O. traveled to an al Qaeda camp near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in May, 2006 and was trained to use small arms.