Word: benmerzouga
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...weeks ago, Algerians Baghdad Meziane, 37, and Brahim Benmerzouga, 30, became the first suspects to be charged in Britain with direct links to al-Qaeda. They were arrested in Leicester shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington D.C. Meziane is accused of directing al-Qaeda operations, inciting an act of terrorism overseas and financing terrorism. Benmerzouga is also charged with al-Qaeda membership, helping finance operations and possessing racially inflammatory videos. They were arrested on Sept. 25 with Franco-Algerian terrorist suspect Kamel Daoudi, now in custody in France. All three are suspected of links...
Leicester, a manufacturing town in the English Midlands with a large Muslim community and exemplary race relations, is emerging as a hub for suspected Algerian terror-related activities. Apart from Beghal, Daoudi, Meziane and Benmerzouga, French brothers David and Jerome Courtellier - the latter arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of terrorism - also apparently stayed in Leicester. Raids by antiterrorist police in the town two weeks ago scooped up nine Algerian suspects. Terrorism charges were subsequently dropped against all of them, but five are being investigated for credit-card fraud...
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