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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...
FOILED SEPT. 13, 2001 PARIS AND BRUSSELS Evidence of plots to bomb the U.S. embassy in Paris, and possibly also NATO headquarters in Brussels, was uncovered after the earlier confession of Djamel Beghal. The information, despite being partially retracted, led to arrests...
...ARRESTS/DETENTIONS] Eight people are still in custody as part of the so-called Beghal network. Djamel Beghal, first picked up in Dubai, has said he received his orders from bin Laden lieutenant Abu Zubaydah...
Nizar Trabelsi, 31 Tunisian Status: Arrested Sept. 13 in Brussels. Suspected of involvement in preparations to attack the U.S. embassy in Paris - according to Djamel Beghal, Trabelsi was to be a bomber - and, by some accounts, NATO HQ in Brussels. Investigators say Trabelsi, Beghal and Kamel Daoudi attended the same Afghan training camp...
...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...