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Some of the best leads on al-Qaeda's directorate now seem to be coming from Djamel Beghal, a French-Algerian who is suspected of being an al-Qaeda ringleader and who was arrested in Dubai in July on his way from Pakistan to Europe. After being convinced by Islamic scholars in Dubai of the evils of terrorism, Beghal started talking. (He is now back in France and has attempted to retract his confession.) Beghal has said that while in Afghanistan in March, he received instructions from Abu Zubaydah on a bombing campaign against American interests in Europe, including...
Mohammed Bensakhria, 40 Algerian Status: Arrested in Alicante, Spain, June 22; extradited to France in July. Believed to be head of a Frankfurt cell and a key player in organizing bin Laden terrorist groups in Europe. Fled Frankfurt after police foiled a plot to attack a Strasbourg market in December...
Lotfi Raissi, 27 Algerian Status: Arrested Sept. 21 in London. Fighting extradition to U.S. Believed to have helped train four of the Sept. 11 pilots. Trained at flying schools in Britain and the U.S. Prosecutors say he made visits to the U.S. in June and July 2001, during which he, Pentagon pilot Hani Hanjour and three others used flight simulators...
Amar Makhlulif (Abu Doha), 36 Algerian Status: Accused of organizing planned attack on Los Angeles airport, Dec. 31, 1999. Fighting extradition to U.S. from London. American prosecutors claim Doha was a key figure at bin Laden training camps and also helped al-Qaeda members organize travel in preparation for the L.A. attack...
...Courtellier and Mohammed Berkous are taken into custody in raids in Rotterdam Sept. 21, 2001 Lotfi Raissi, believed to have been a flight instructor for four of the hijackers, is arrested in London. French police take in seven people in the Paris suburbs believed to be members of Franco-Algerian militant Djamel Beghal?s network Sept. 25, 2001 Kamel Daoudi apprehended by police in Leicester after escaping the Sept. 21 French sweep of the Beghal group. Daoudi had lived in Djamel Beghal?s Paris-area flat, where he is believed to have maintained secure Internet communications for the group Sept...