NEW YORK (AP) — A judge in New York has rejected an Egyptian Islamic preacher's request to give his own opening statement at his federal trial on charges he conspired to support al-Qaida. Judge Katherine Forrest told Mustafa Kamel Mustafa (muh-STAH'-fuh kah-MEHL' muh-STAH'-fuh) on Thursday he cannot give the opening statement as he counters claims he was a vital piece of the terrorism machinery before his 2004 arrest.