Djamel Beghal
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Djamel Beghal ' onMouseout='HidePop("35232")' href="/topics/Bordj_Bou_Arreridj">Bordj Bou Arréridj
, Algeria
) is a French
Algerian man convicted of terrorism.
In 28 July 2001, he was arrested at Dubai International Airport
while transferring from a flight from Pakistan
to a flight to Europe; he held a false French passport.
Beghal confessed to UAE
authorities that he was conspiring to destroy the U.S. embassy in Paris. The confession doomed the plot. After he was extradited to France
on September 30, Beghal retracted part of his statement, saying that it had been made under duress.
In October 2001, Beghal told Jean-Louis Bruguière, a magistrate, that he visited Osama bin Laden
in Afghanistan
and planned a suicide bomb attack.
In March 2005 French authorities convicted Beghal and five others for planning the attacks. Beghal began a 10 year sentence. With time already served, the prison system is primed to release Beghal in 2011.
Bordj Bou Arreridj
Bordj Bou Arréridj population 140,000 , is the capital city of Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria. It is situated 148 miles by road east of Algiers, near the Hodnar Massif in the southern Kabylia Mountains, at an elevation of 916 metres....
, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Algerian man convicted of terrorism.
In 28 July 2001, he was arrested at Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport is an international airport serving Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates. It is a major aviation hub in the Middle East, and is the main airport of Dubai. It is situated in the Al Garhoud district, southeast of Dubai...
while transferring from a flight from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to a flight to Europe; he held a false French passport.
Beghal confessed to UAE
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
authorities that he was conspiring to destroy the U.S. embassy in Paris. The confession doomed the plot. After he was extradited to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
on September 30, Beghal retracted part of his statement, saying that it had been made under duress.
In October 2001, Beghal told Jean-Louis Bruguière, a magistrate, that he visited Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
and planned a suicide bomb attack.
In March 2005 French authorities convicted Beghal and five others for planning the attacks. Beghal began a 10 year sentence. With time already served, the prison system is primed to release Beghal in 2011.