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Four others - Muhammad Sa'id A li Hasan, AbdAl-Rahim, Khalid
ibnMuhammad Al-Juhani, and one unidentified - not previously
onwanted list . Allmaking recording of messages of accepting their
fate as martyrs, joining the waragainst infidels, becoming one with
Allah. Assum ption they are trained terrorists,declaring
willingness to conduct suicide attack Unknown whether are
alreadyabout to launch. .
(14) "Terror Cells Slip ThroughEurope's Grasp," Steven Erlanger
an d Chris Hedges,New York Times, 28 December 2001. (off web
site)July 2001, Algerian-bom French citizen Jamal Beghal summoned
to home of BinLaden senior aide Abu Zubeida, instructed to return
to France via Morocco an d Spain toorchestrate a suicide bombing of
American Embassy in Paris, (cites "senior Frenchintelligence
official.)28 July, Beghal. whose name was on a watch list , (nom de
guerre A bu Hamza)(had come to attention of French authorities as
far back as/994) was arrested for a forgedvisa extension, tossed
into a cell (according to his lawyer) and after some weeks of
severealleged treatment divulged considerable information,
including [apparently] on theHamburg cell. But by time connection
to address in Hamburg worked out, gang hadgone to U.S and w ere wit
hin days of carrying out attack.Beghal had crossed paths w ith
those runnin g other ops being planne d last sum me r( including
Masoud h i t , 9/11), and the w ay they bu il t cel ls and made p
lans explains howEurope was chosen as forward operating base of
Islamic terror over last decade. Fromlarger perspective, his story
tel ls much about world of Musl im mi l i t ancy that took root
inEurope in 1990s, it s shifting focus and varied structure, it s
future, it s gravity, danger , anddepth. Beghal typifies imm igrant
Mus l ims w ho l ived on margins of society, w anderingacross Eu
rope m eeti ng others like them selves, and fell under sway of
al-Qaeda in 1990s,finding meaning in J ihad after l ives of al
ienat ion. Stuck on bot tom drifting betweenmenia l jobs, began to
frequent mosques in the "projects," whe re exhortat ion is to bu i
ldne w Islamic socie ty, W estern society excoriated foe decadence,
self ishness, andgodlessness. Told of fate of Mus lims in Chech
nya, West B ank, Gaza Strip, Iraq. Offeredsom ething for the
future, a task, a global concept ion of l ife. Deception, forged
papers, etal is now a sign of meaure of God, Allah.In 1994, Beghal
pick ed up in police sweep of A lgerian Is lamic radicals w agi
ngterrorist cam paig n inside France. ( N o t k n o w n if impr
isoned, but prisons become furtherrecrui tment ground.] Left for
London in 1997, w hi ch filled with Arab dissident groups.[See
Smith study.] M a n y of plo ts p lagu ing Europe and US had ties
with clerics inBritain. The three plots of 2001 had ties to London.
Many of people m et there, latercemented ties in Afghanis tan.
Beghal met Moussaoui in London [cites British intelligence an d
members ofLondon mosques] w ho w as connected to Hamburg cell of
Atta. Beghal made f requenttrips to Eur ope , incl . Spain, N ether
lands , Belg ium , France ; bui l t up coterie of fo l lowers ,some
went wi th him to Afghanis t an to train. In 1999 in France picked
up by authori t ies ,ques t ioned . French rec eived report from U
K abou t his activities. He f requented samemosque as M ous s aou i
- headed by Abu Qatada. Qatada (born O mar M ohamedO t h m a n )
Pales t inian/Jordanian, fough t in Afghan i s tan , granted pol i
t ical asy lum in UK in
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