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...roundup on Wednesday nabbed six Algerians suspected of running a logistical support cell for the so-called Beghal network - named after Djamel Beghal, a Franco-Algerian Muslim, bin Laden associate and network coordinator. That sweep came a day after British police apprehended three men, including Kamel Daoudi, 23, a Frenchman who escaped the Sept. 21 capture of seven co-members of the Beghal group in suburban Paris. The joint European crackdown began on Sept. 13, when Belgian and Dutch authorities apprehended six extremists said to be part of a plan to attack U.S. targets in France - including the American embassy...
...Belgian and Dutch action did, however, net an unusual array of characters. Among those arrested was Frenchman Jérôme Courtellier, a convert to Islam whose brother trained at the Afghan camps and is currently in a French prison for terrorism-related crimes. Also apprehended was Nizar Trabelsi, 31, a Tunisian and former pro soccer player, who was lured from an errant life of drugs and alcohol by the redemption of radical Islam. Moving on Beghal?s identification of Trabelsi as the designated bomber for the U.S. embassy attack, Belgian police raided his apartment and found automatic weapons...
...this year he dropped the modest, underdog thing. Even the victim stuff had expired: despite unveiling his wobbly French, he was booed by the French on the eve of the race for kicking a Frenchman off his team--though, really, what wouldn't the French boo if it's in their country and isn't French? Then, like a true American, he went on to posterize--just like Jordan did to Ewing--Jan Ullrich...
...when Madonna gave a Frenchman called Mirwais the job of producing half the songs on last year's Music album, it simply confirmed the extraordinary turnaround that has taken place over the past four years: French music has become cool...
After the initial scenes the plot begins, thankfully, at the beginning: Donald is working at a deli, owned by the father of his friend, D (Graham A. Sack ’03). During his shift, a mysterious Frenchman forgets his cell phone on the deli counter, and when it rings, D answers. Soon enough, Donald, D and their friend Trix (Geordie F. Broadwater ’04) become involved in a shady operation (vaguely resembling a drug deal) which brings them to a bridge in New Jersey to return the phone and collect a reward. Unfortunately, their plans go awry...