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http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=15382&name=Six+stand+trial+for+Paris+US+embassy+terror+plot

"Six stand trial for Paris US embassy terror plot"

PARIS, Jan 3 (AFP) -


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The suspected ringleader of the militants, Djamel Beghal, was arrested in September 2001 at the airport in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, where he allegedly told investigators he was involved in a plot to attack the US embassy in Paris.  


Beghal claimed to have met twice with Abu Zubaydah, a top aide to Al-Qaeda network leader Osama bin Laden, at a training camp in Afghanistan in March 2001, who told him to organize a cell in Paris to plan the embassy attack.  


But the suspect later retracted the confession before top French anti-terrorist judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere, claiming he had been physically and psychologically abused by investigators in the United Arab Emirates.  


Beghal now says he is innocent of the charges against him. The 39-year-old Franco-Algerian and his five co-defendants face up to 10 years in prison if convicted."  


1,303 posted on 01/03/2005 8:43:06 PM PST by Cindy
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