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Jihadi 'Mastermind' Fateh Kamel Released From French Prison in January; He's Back in Canada
Prnewswire ^ | 3/13/05

Posted on 03/13/2005 2:20:35 PM PST by Brian Mosely

NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Fateh Kamel, labeled a jihadi "mastermind" by law-enforcement sources in Europe and North America, was released from a French prison in January, reportedly for "good behavior," Newsweek reports in the current issue. A Canadian government source confirms Kamel is back in Canada, reports Investigative Correspondent Mark Hosenball in the March 21 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, March 14).

Kamel was arrested in Jordan and extradited to France, where in 2001 he was sentenced to eight years for trafficking in forged ID papers and "association" with terrorists implicated in subway bombings there. The evidence against him included Italian wiretaps. "I'm not afraid of dying, and killing doesn't frighten me," he was quoted as saying. "If I have to press the remote control, long live the jihad!"

Kamel is alleged to have helped recruit Algerian Ahmed Ressam to the jihad cause. Ressam was convicted in 2000 of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport. His lawyer expects him to be locked up a long time. "Anything less than 20 years would be a miracle," says Tom Hillyer. Ressam's sentencing hearing is due next month. But some of the suspects he fingered in Britain and France are already going free, despite his testimony and corroborating reports from intelligence agencies across two continents.


TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedacanada; canada; fateh; fatehkamel; france; jihadnextdoor; kamel; terrorist; terrortrials

1 posted on 03/13/2005 2:20:36 PM PST by Brian Mosely
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To: Brian Mosely

france is dumping a known terrorist on our border. Now why would our friend and ally france do something like that?


2 posted on 03/13/2005 2:27:34 PM PST by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: Brian Mosely

What happened to the "global" part of the war on terrorism?


3 posted on 03/13/2005 2:29:28 PM PST by SE Mom (God Bless our troops.)
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To: LightCrusader

And that would be the reason why Ward is an idiot and a traitor. Maybe if HE or someone in his family were a victim of terrorism, he MIGHT be smart enough to change his mind.....


5 posted on 03/13/2005 2:37:16 PM PST by buffyt (If we stop fighting the terrorists, the world will die.)
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To: Brian Mosely

We cannot rely on agreements with Socialist governments to protect our national security. We should start sending hit teams out to kill these verim, no matter where in the world they are. Isreal is right. Build a wall (border control) and decapitate the islamist leadership. These monsters do not deserve a place in a civilzed world.


6 posted on 03/13/2005 2:57:23 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (This just in from CBS: "There is no bias at CBS")
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To: buffyt

"And that would be the reason why Ward is an idiot and a traitor. Maybe if HE or someone in his family were a victim of terrorism, he MIGHT be smart enough to change his mind....."

The irony would be almost unbearable......almost


7 posted on 03/13/2005 2:57:25 PM PST by traderrob6 (http://www.exposingtheleft.blogspot.com)
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To: SE Mom

I would like to know, is he a Canadian citizen? Who do I mean, "Kamel".

If not, why did Canada allow him in?

Questions I want answered by any one who may know.


8 posted on 03/13/2005 3:11:53 PM PST by frannie (don't worry about tomorrow -- God is already there)
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To: traderrob6

A local Houston talk show host asked on the radio some time ago, "Just how many nukes hitting your own backyard would it take to ruin YOUR whole day?" What would Idiot Ward say to that?


9 posted on 03/13/2005 4:04:29 PM PST by buffyt (If we stop fighting the terrorists, the world will die.)
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To: Brian Mosely

Don't forget, we have an open border between Canada and the USofA.

Wanna bet he's already working with those 'non-existant' sleeper cells?

This isn't going to end peacefully, is it? Don't answer that.


10 posted on 03/13/2005 4:23:37 PM PST by HighlyOpinionated (There is a hell and they speak Arabic there.)
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