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Six on trial in Paris over US embassy attack plot PARIS, Jan 3 (Reuters) A French-Algerian and five other men suspected of plotting to blow up the US embassy in Paris went on trial on Monday in a French court, charged with criminal conspiracy aimed at committing an act of terrorism. Djamel Beghal, who is suspected of having links to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and the five others face prison sentences of up to 10 years if found guilty. Two other men are charged with residing illegally in France. Beghal, 39, was extradited to France from the United Arab Emirates in October 2001 after he told police there he had helped plan a foiled kamikaze attack on the US embassy just off the Champs Elysees avenue in central Paris. A French lawyer for Beghal subsequently denied his client had admitted taking orders from bin Laden, saying he had been questioned under ''indeterminate circumstances'' in Dubai. Beghal says he confessed after being tortured. He has recanted his initial statements and now says he is innocent. The trial, which is due to last until mid-February, will hear that Beghal visited training camps in Afghanistan in 2000 where he initially told investigators he met Abu Zubaydah, a top al Qaeda official subsequently arrested in Pakistan in 2002. The probe found that the kamikaze mission was supposed to be carried out by Tunisian-born former professional soccer player Nizar ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi. Trabelsi was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a court in Brussels in 2003 for plotting to blow up a NATO military base in Belgium on behalf of al Qaeda. Trabelsi had publicly confessed to his aim in that case, but not to the Paris bombing plot. Also on trial is Kamel Daoudi, another French-Algerian who was deported from Britain in 2001. Daoudi, who used to work in a Paris suburb Internet cafe, is suspected of masterminding logistics and communications for the planned attack. In September 2002, Daoudi wrote to a French television channel from his prison cell to justify the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. He denied, however, that he had been personally involved in any planned attack. Prosecutors are due to argue that Beghal had links with London-based Syrian cleric Abu Qatada, who Britain says inspired the September 11 plotters. Beghal is accused of recruiting members for his network in the southern suburbs of Paris, including his brother-in-law Johann Bonte, who is also on trial. He is also suspected of founding a cell in the Netherlands. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
