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	frontline: al qaeda's new front: special reports: chronology - the plots \| PBS
		Nizar Trabelsi is a former professional soccer player turned Islamic militant who planned to blow up a NATO airbase in Belgium.
		Trabelsi had been implicated by Djamel Beghal, the accused ringleader of the embassy plot, who was arrested in the United Arab Emirates in July 2001.
		Trabelsi denied involvement in the Paris embassy plot, but admitted he was an Al Qaeda suicide bomber planning to strike Kleine Brogel, a NATO military base used by U.S. troops and believed to hold nuclear weapons.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/front/special/cron.html (5207 words)

	Nizar Trabelsi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nizar ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi (2 July 1970 -) is a suspected Al-Qaida terrorist.
		Trabelsi was to wear a business suit to conceal the bomb.
		Trabelsi was arrested in an Uccle, Belgium apartment, near Brussels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nizar_Trabelsi (127 words)

	Paris embassy attack plot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tunisian Nizar Trabelsi, an ex-football player for Germany, planned the attack and was the designated suicide bomber.
		On the same day, Trabelsi and a Belgian Moroccan were arrested in two different areas of the Brussels metropolitan area.
		Nizar Trabelsi was convicted of trying to destroy public property, illegal arms possession and being a member in a private militia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paris_embassy_attack_plot (654 words)

	Belgium - Nizar Trabelsi admits preparing an attack on U.S. military base for Osama bin Laden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nizar Trabelsi acknowledges to have prepared an attack in connection with Ben Laden
		BRUSSELS, Nov. 14 (AFP) - Nizar Trabelsi, a terrorist supposed stopped in Brussels on September 13, 2001, recognized that it had prepared an attack against an American base of NATO in Belgium in connection with network Al-Qaïda of Oussama Ben Laden, in a diffused exclusive interview Thursday evening by public radio-télévision Belgian RTBF.
		In this interview, Nizar Trabelsi admits having prepared an attack against the American base of Kleine Brogel, in the North-East of Belgium.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/789031/posts (285 words)

	Cageprisoners.com - serving the caged prisoners in Guantanamo Bay
		Trabelsi, a former Tunisian football player and former drug addict, was convicted of plotting an attack on the Kleine Brogel army base housing US troops in northeast Belgium housing, around the time of the September 11 attacks in 2001.
		Trabelsi, who used to play for German league side Fortuna Duesseldorf and who went to Afghanistan to "live out his faith" in 2001, is the only defendant who has pleaded guilty in the case.
		Trabelsi's appeal had originally been scheduled to open on Wednesday but the court delayed the first of eight planned hearings for a day when several detainees could not be taken to the courthouse because of a strike of Belgian police.
	www.cageprisoners.com /articles.php?id=566 (510 words)

	CTV.ca \| Lead suspect convicted in Belgian terror trial
		Nizar Trabelsi of Tunisia, who once played professional soccer in Germany, received the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison from a court that also convicted 17 other men and acquitted five others in the largest terrorism trial in Belgium's history.
		Trabelsi admitted planning to drive a car bomb into the canteen of the Kleine Brogel air base, a Belgian military post used by NATO where U.S. troops are stationed.
		Trabelsi testified that he intended kill American soldiers, not to detonate the nuclear warheads that are believed to be at the base.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1064921109900_209?s_name= (618 words)

	CBS News \| Terror Verdict For Soccer Pro \| September 30, 2003 08:59:04
		Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian who once played professional soccer in Germany, was given the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
		Trabelsi, 33, fidgeted in his seat, smiling at times and trying to talk to his co-defendants as the judge reviewed evidence presented during the four-month trial.
		Trabelsi, who says he met Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and asked to become a suicide bomber, was arrested two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/09/30/attack/main575815.shtml (934 words)

	The Scotsman - International - Ex-footballer plotted to blow up NATO base
		Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian who played for the German team Fortuna Düsseldorf in the late 1980s, was the key suspect in Belgium’s biggest anti-terrorism trial, which involved nearly two dozen suspected al-Qaeda militants.
		Trabelsi, who lived in London before the late-1990s and was an associate of the British "shoe bomber", Richard Reid, admitted planning to drive a car bomb into the canteen of the Kleine Brogel airbase in Belgium, where 100 US military personnel work.
		Trabelsi’s arrest led to the discovery of the raw materials for a massive bomb, and it was long suspected that he was also involved in the planning of a suicide mission against the US embassy in Paris.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=1085032003 (749 words)

	Guardian \| Bin Laden disciple jailed for 10 years in Belgium
		Nizar Trabelsi, 33, a Tunisian who spent several years as a minor league professional footballer in Germany and smiled and joked throughout the proceedings, admitting meeting the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden several times.
		Trabelsi later admitted planning an attack, saying that he intended to drive a lorry full of explosives into the base's canteen, where up to 110 servicemen and women eat each day.
		Trabelsi's lawyer said his client would appeal against the sentence, arguing that it was too harsh in the light of the fact that he had shown remorse for his extremist past.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4764615-103681,00.html (671 words)

	Sniper Attacks Linked to Al Quada? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nizar Trabelsi has told investigators that he witnessed al Qaeda training a three-man team of snipers to launch attacks on the United States.
		Trabelsi, who is accused of plotting to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Paris, was questioned by agents in Belgium within the last several days.
		The snipers, Trabelsi allegedly said, were trained to shoot at targets from between 50 meters and 250 meters, or between 160 feet and 820 feet.
	usaattacked.com /sniper_attacks.htm (159 words)

	18 convicted of aiding terrorism - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Nizar Trabelsi, a 33-year-old Tunisian who played soccer for several German teams, was sentenced to the maximum 10 years.
		Trabelsi, who says he met Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and asked to become a suicide bomber, was arrested in Brussels on Sept. 13, 2001.
		The judge said evidence presented showed Trabelsi also had been in contact with Richard C. Reid, a British citizen who tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives in his shoes and was sentenced this year in Boston to life in prison.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/terrorism/s_157662.html (642 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Belgian court sentences al-Qaida plotters
		Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian and former professional footballer, was given the maximum jail sentence.
		Trabelsi's lawyer, Yves de Quyve, said the court had ignored the remorse his client had shown during the trial.
		Trabelsi, who says he met Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and asked to become a suicide bomber, was arrested two days after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
	www.guardian.co.uk /alqaida/story/0,12469,1052764,00.html (670 words)

	The Muslim News
		A news bulletin on September 30 reporting Nizar Trabelsi's imprisonment for 10 years for plotting to blow up a canteen at a US air force base mistakenly used a photograph of his namesake, Sami Trabelsi.
		By coincidence, Nizar Trabelsi, 33, had spent several years as a minor league professional football player in Germany before he was recruited by Bin Laden.
		Nizar Trabelsi was jailed at the end of one of Europe's most significant terrorism trials since September 11.
	www.muslimnews.co.uk /pda/news.php?article=5964 (351 words)

	USATODAY.com - Al-Qaeda suspect confesses to planning attacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Trabelsi said that when he was arrested two days after the Sept. 11 attacks, he was planning an attack against the Kleine-Brogel Air Base in northeastern Belgium.
		Trabelsi, a former professional soccer player, was arrested for possession of illegal explosives and firearms.
		Trabelsi said he met with bin Laden, leader of the al-Qaeda network, on a visit to Afghanistan and sees him as a mentor.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-11-15-belgium-suspect_x.htm (523 words)

	The Flemish Republic
		Trabelsi, born in Tunisia in 1970, was arrested in Brussels on 13 September 2001, after the Dutch secret services had discovered stolen blank Belgian passports in the possession of some of his friends in the Netherlands.
		Trabelsi is also suspected of providing the explosives to Richard Reid, the so-called “shoe bomber,” a 28 year old British terrorist, for the attempted bombing of American Airlines Flight 63 between Paris and Miami on 22 December 2001.
		Trabelsi’s arrest led to a new row between Brussels and Washington, as it took the Belgians two weeks to provide the U.S. with information obtained from the terrorist.
	www.flemishrepublic.org /extra.php?id=1&jaargang=1&nr=1 (2686 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation > America's War on Terror -- Lead suspect convicted in Belgian trial of 23 ...
		Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian who once played soccer in Germany, was given the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
		Trabelsi, 33, fidgeted in his seat during the lengthy court session, smiling at times and trying to talk to his co-defendants.
		Trabelsi, who says he met Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and asked to become a suicide bomber, was arrested two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/terror/20030930-0505-belgium-terrortrial.html (673 words)

	Taipei Times - archives
		Nizar Trabelsi, 33, a Tunisian who spent several years as a minor league professional footballer in Germany and smiled and joked throughout the proceedings, admitting meeting the al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden several times.
		Trabelsi later admitted planning an attack, saying that he intended to drive a lorry full of explosives into the base's canteen, where up to 110 servicemen and women eat each day.
		Trabelsi's accomplice and "zealous lieutenant" Abdelcrim el-Haddouti was sentenced to five years for supplying bomb-making chemicals.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/world/archives/2003/10/02/2003070099/print (504 words)

	Belgian court to rule on al-Qaeda suspects
		During the five-week court case Tunisian Nizar Trabelsi, 32, admitted having plotted an attack on the Kleine Brogel military base in northeast Belgium where US troops are stationed.
		Former drug addict Trabelsi, who used to play for German league side Fortuna Duesseldorf and who went to Afghanistan to "live out his faith" in 2001, is the only defendant who has pleaded guilty in the case.
		Trabelsi's lawyers argued in his defence that he had not actually started to put the plans into action, and called for leniency also because their client has since renounced violence.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/bb/Qbelgium-alqaeda.Riuh_DST.html (494 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| World Latest \| Trial Opens Vs. al-Qaida-Linked Suspects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Trabelsi's lawyer, Didier de Quevy, said his client was going to plead guilty to several counts, including plotting an attack on a military base housing U.S. staff in Belgium.
		Trabelsi, a former professional soccer player living in Belgium, and 11 alleged accomplices are standing trial for planning an attack early last year on a Belgian air base where about 100 U.S. military personnel work - and which is believed to hold tactical nuclear warheads.
		Trabelsi also is suspected of being involved in a plot to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Paris around the same time, something he denies.
	www.warblogging.com /warfarking/mirror/1053605277.html (386 words)

	War on Terrorism - 2064+: Nizar Trabelsi
		Nizar Trabelsi, al-Qaeda terrorist jailed in Belgium since Sept 01, in a phone interview from his cell - says he planned to drive a giant bomb into a US air force bunker in Belgium thought to contain nuclear warheads....
		Mr Trabelsi was meant to blow himself up inside the US Embassy in Paris that would signal the start of a series of attacks on European targets.
		'Trabelsi, using a fixed-line telephone in the prison, was in contact five times by telephone with this journalist, who was able to do an interview,' the statement said.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/investing/81407/714596 (1015 words)

	Terror Trial Opens in Belgium - 2003-05-22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nizar Trabelsi is accused of planning several attacks against U.S. targets in Europe, most notably a Belgian air force base which local environmentalists and anti-nuclear campaigners say houses U.S. tactical nuclear warheads.
		Trabelsi has strongly denied a charge levied against him by French investigators that he was involved in a plot to blow up the American embassy in Paris around the time of the September 11 attacks.
		Trabelsi was to have driven a bomb-laden truck through the gates of the embassy in a suicide attack.
	www.voanews.com /english/archive/2003-05/a-2003-05-22-22-Terror.cfm (561 words)

	Print Article: Belgian court convicts 18 linked to al-Qaeda
		A former professional soccer player, Nizar Trabelsi - described as one of the most dangerous terrorists captured in Europe's campaign against al-Qaeda - was given a 10-year sentence for plotting to attack a US military base in Belgium.
		The trial showed that Trabelsi had ties to Richard Reid, the Briton sentenced in January to three life terms plus 110 years for trying to blow up a Paris-to-Miami flight, and to al-Qaeda cells in Spain, France and the Netherlands.
		Trabelsi's lawyer plans to appeal on the grounds that the judge did not give Trabelsi credit for admitting guilt.
	www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/10/01/1064988267021.html (539 words)

	18 Guilty in Terror Trial in Belgium; 3 Linked to Plot on NATO
		Trabelsi admitted planning to drive a car bomb into the canteen of Kleine Brogel Air Base, a Belgian military post that is used by NATO and is the home to a United States Air Force munitions support squadron.
		Trabelsi, who says he met Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and asked to become a suicide bomber, was arrested two days after the attack on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
		Trabelsi was charged with attempting to destroy public property, illegal weapons possession and membership in a private militia.
	www.nytimes.com /2003/10/01/international/europe/01BELG.html?ex=1380340800&en=0e5fa063e56b3c45&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (613 words)

	Former footballer sentenced in Belgium for planning attack against US base
		Brussels, Sept 30, IRNA -- Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian and former football player in Germany, was given a 10-year jail sentence by a court in Brussels Tuesday afternoon for planning an attack on an American military base in the Belgian city of Limburg.
		Trabelsi was just one of 23 defendants standing trial before Brussels magistrates on terrorism charges.
		Trabelsi, who was arrested in Brussels two days after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US, reportedly had met al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
	www.globalsecurity.org /security/library/news/2003/09/sec-030930-irna01.htm (174 words)

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		Nizar Trabelsi* met with Osama Bin Laden five times and was specifically offered by him a suicide mission against an American base in Belgium, according to the Belgian Le Soir.
		According to Agence France Presse, presiding judge Claire de Gryse told the court that Trabelsi had testified that "The attack was due to happen between midday and one o'clock and target the canteen of the base." Trabelsi underwent military training in Afghanistan at an al-Qaeda base.
		Trabelsi was arrested with bomb making materials in his apartment.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=3463907&postID=94929055 (497 words)

	SBS - The World News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nizar Trabelsi, who played for German league side Fortuna Duesseldorf, was convicted of planning to attack the Kleine Brogel army base in northeast Belgium.
		Trabelsi was the chief suspect among 23 other defendants who were tried in May and June this year.
		Presiding judge Claire de Gryse said Trabelsi "tried to commit the most serious crime Belgium has seen since its independence" in 1830 during her reading of the verdict on the 23 defendants, lasting nearly four hours.
	www9.sbs.com.au /theworldnews/region.php?id=69817®ion=3 (291 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Al-Qaeda suspect tells of bomb plot
		On Tuesday, Mr Trabelsi told how he was instructed by al-Qaeda to plant a bomb into the canteen of the Kleine Brogel base, where American troops are deployed.
		Mr Trabelsi said he had decided to become a martyr for Bin Laden and carry out the attack after seeing pictures of a Palestinian baby girl who was killed in the Gaza Strip in 2001.
		After his arrest, Mr Trabelsi renounced all violence, saying that the 11 September attack "was not the solution".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2941702.stm (454 words)

	Al-Qaeda Cell Jailed
		Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian who once played professional soccer in Germany, was given the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
		Trabelsi, 33, fidgeted in his seat, smiling at times and trying to talk to his co-defendants as the judge reviewed evidence presented during the four-month trial.
		Trabelsi, who says he met Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and asked to become a suicide bomber, was arrested two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=32854&d=1&m=10&y=2003 (615 words)

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