Saber Mohammed, an Iraqi nationalist who opposed Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

, pleaded guilty to agreeing to help facilitate Islamic extremism in Brussels in 2004.

Mohammed had been approached in 2001 by Moussa Zemmouri and Driss Elatellah in a Belgian mosque

Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...

, and asked if he would take a cell phone for them, answer calls, and pass on any messages to them. In June 2001 he fielded three such calls from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, as well as a number of calls from Sami Essid

Sami Essid

Sami bin Khamis bin Salih Essid a.k.a. Essid Sami Ben Khemais was the head of al-Qaeda's Italian cell until his arrest outside Milan in April 2001. He received a five-year sentence for trafficking in arms, explosives, and chemicals...

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