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  Paris embassy attack plot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Al-Qaida plot to destroy the United States embassy in Paris, France, as well as a munitions depot in Belgium.
The plot began to unravel when a 36-year old French Algerian conspirator named Djamel Beghal was arrested in late July 2001 for passport fraud at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.
Investigators say that the discovery of the Paris plot uncovered a large network of Islamist terrorists in seven European countries and the United Arab Emirates.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paris_embassy_attack_plot   (661 words)

  
 Paris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Paris was occupied by a Gallic tribe until the Romans arrived in 52 BC The invaders referred to the previous as the Parisii but called their new city Lutetia meaning "marshy place".
The weakness of the late Carolingian kings of France led to the gradual rise in of the Counts of Paris; Odo Count of Paris was elected king of France by lords while Charles III was also claiming the throne.
In 1870 the Franco-Prussian War ended in a siege of Paris and the Paris Commune which surrendered in 1871 after a winter of famine and The Eiffel Tower the best-known landmark in Paris was in 1889 in a period of prosperity known La Belle Époque (The Beautiful period).
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 Al-Qaida - dKosopedia
The largest attacks for which al-Qaida is believed to have been responsible were the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center in New York and The Pentagon in Washington DC.
The most destructive terrorist act ascribed to al-Qaida was the series of attacks in the U.S.A. on September 11th, 2001, an attack the group's spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith defended on widely-distributed videos in October 2001.
Since the American attack, members of the group are suspected of fleeing to the tribal areas of the Northwest Frontier Province and Baluchistan, Pakistan.
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 Nizar Trabelsi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tunisian is suspected of plotting the Paris embassy terrorist attack plot.
He was accused of planning to strap a bomb onto himself before walking into the embassy.
He was convicted of trying to attack the Belgian airbase, Kleine Brogel, containing a nuclear weapon storage, guarded by American soldiers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nizar_Trabelsi   (161 words)

  
 P2P-Zone - US to launch pre-election strike on Iran ?
Attacks in Southeast Asia have ceased altogether, and the only attacks of note since the Bali explosion have been in Russia (with Chechens to blame, not al Qaeda) and in Spain.
The attack killed 4 U.S. citizens who were sucked through a hole made by the blast, 1 infant, and 9 injured, although the plane safely landed.
The last of the 2000 millennium attack plots fails, as the boat meant to bomb USS The Sullivans sinks.
www.p2p-zone.com /underground/showthread.php?t=20566   (5130 words)

  
 Osama bin Laden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
With the assistance of terrorist sponsoring false such as Benevolence International and such as those started by brother in law Mohammed Jamal Khalifa he was able to expand the focus and send group members to Southeast Asia Africa Europe and the United States for the purpose of recruiting new and spreading radical fundamental Islam.
It is also alleged that Osama the Indonesian terrorist known as Hambali funded the Operation Bojinka planned terrorist attack until police discovered plot in Manila Philippines on January 6 1995.
The launched heavy air attacks against areas in Afghanistan- Pakistan border area such as the Tora Bora mountains where it was believed bin may have been hiding in caves.
www.freeglossary.com /Osama_Bin_Laden   (3160 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Al-Qaeda prisoner tells of plot to bomb Navy base   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
If no attack takes place, they are left to wonder if they somehow prevented the attack — or if it was never planned at all.
Singapore authorities last month arrested suspects they said were plotting attacks against U.S. naval facilities and the U.S. embassy in the prosperous city-state in southeast Asia.
A planned suicide bombing of the U.S. embassy in Paris after Sept. 11 was also believed disrupted with the arrests of several alleged al-Qaeda members.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2002/01/24/plot.htm   (808 words)

  
 CNN.com - Reports: Bin Laden link to Paris plot - October 2, 2001
PARIS, France (CNN) -- An Algerian arrested in Dubai has told prosecutors that he was recruited and trained by a key aide to Osama bin Laden and his target was the U.S. Embassy in Paris, several media outlets reported on Tuesday.
The office of Jean-Louis Bruguiere, the magistrate investigating allegations of a terrorist plot to attack the U.S. Embassy, would neither confirm nor deny the reports of a confession by Djamel Begal.
He said that the Paris attacks were to involve a minibus packed with explosives.
edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/10/02/inv.paris.suspect/index.html   (332 words)

  
 >FromParis - Panoramas : virtual visit, panoramic views, photographs, Quicktime VR, 360°, free ecards and free ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Built on top of the Paris Metro station "Montparnasse Bienvenüe", the 58 floors of the tower are mainly occupied by offices, while two floors are open to the public for viewing the city; the 56th floor with a restaurant, and the terrace on the top floor.
Les Invalides in Paris, France consists of a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement, now containing museums and monuments, all relating to France's military history, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the original destination of the building.
North of Les Invalides, its courtyard is extended by a wide public esplanade where the embassies of Austria and Finland are neighbors of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all forming one of the grand open spaces in the heart of Paris.
www.fromparis.com /html/panoramas.php?pano=000006_01   (2541 words)

  
 Cao’s Blog » Blog Archive » Islomanazi Terrorism Since 1968
Many of the attacks were inside Israel, or the Palestinian areas occupied by Israel after the 1967 war (because no Arab leaders were willing to negotiate a peace with Israel.) The list below includes the incidents of international terrorism by Islamic radicals.
Other groups (Sikhs, Tamils, fundamentalist Christians, political radicals) have been responsible for terrorist attacks during this period, but these groups eventually gave it up, and their death toll, combined, does not match the number killed of Islamic groups.
Israeli senior citizens and their small grandchildren were slaughtered when a Palestinian terrorist blew up the Park Hotel in Netanya, killing 29 Jews in what’s referred to as the Passover Massacre.
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 osama bin laden jokes
In a videotape purportedly discovered in Afghanistan in 2001, a person resembling bin Laden appeared to discuss the attacks using language suggesting that he participated in planning the attacks.
Al-Qaida was allegedly involved in several unsuccessful conspiracies, including the 2000 millennium attack plots to bomb Los Angeles airport, several tourist sites in Jordan and the USS The Sullivans, and well as the subsequent Paris embassy terrorist attack plot.
Immediately after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks in the United States, the United States government named Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect.
www.binladenjokes.com /osama-bin-laden-jokes.htm   (3529 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
In late August 1944 after the battle of Normandy, Paris was liberated when the German general Dietrich von Choltitz surrendered after skirmishes to the French 2nd Armored Division commanded by Philippe de Hauteclocque backed by the Allies.
The city of Paris itself is only approximately 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) in size.
Paris is densely covered by a metro system, the Métro, as well as by a large number of bus lines.
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 Get terrosrism BACK to when it was JUST an annoyance? [Archive] - FinHeaven & Co Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but we sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.
The attack on this sovereign US embassy set the stage for the events to follow for the next 23 years.This was a popular revolution against a right-wing dicatator supported by the United States.
It's inarguably true that Mogadishu and the USS Cole attack pale in comparison to the Marine barracks bombing of October 23, 1983, the worst terrorist attack against America in the 20th Century.
www.finheaven.com /boardvb2/archive/index.php/t-52956.html   (19778 words)

  
 User Posts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The physical evidence against the terrorists was irrefutable, conclusive, and backed-up by incriminating videotaped statements, undercover surveillance, informants, and extraordinary physical evidence.
For example, he claimed to have uncovered a plot to assassinate Bill Clinton; that Bin Laden was dead, and that the Taliban was poisoning the food that the United States was air dropping to feed hungry Afghans.
Lest you think that the idea that the terrorists in Iraq are led by Al Qaeda is a right-wing falsehood, then perhaps you'll accept it when CNN (the most pro-Saddam television network during the two Gulf Wars) says it.
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 TruthMill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The plots in Asia, all of which failed, were to assassinate the Pope during his late 1994 visit to the Philippines and President Clinton during his visit there in early 1995; to bomb the US and Israeli embassies in Manila in late 1994; and to bomb US flights across the Pacific in 1995.
Al-Qaeda was allegedly involved in several unsuccessful conspiracies, including the 2000 millennium attack plots to bomb Los Angeles airport, several tourist sites in Jordan and the USS The Sullivans, and well as the subsequent Paris embassy terrorist attack plot.
While the administration is wading in a pool of filth in Iraq the terrorists who actually pose a threat to the United States are sitting back and plotting their next attack.
www.truthmill.com   (2379 words)

  
 CNN.com - Paris 'terror plot' probe: 4 held - Dec. 17, 2002
Police in Paris have arrested four people in connection with a suspected plot to carry out terror attacks during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Police arrested a group of people in the Paris suburbs in November in connection with the so-called shoebomber, Richard Reid, a British man who attempted to blow up a transatlantic flight last year with explosives in his shoes.
The arrests were made as part of an investigation led by Jean-Louis Bruguiere, France's top anti-terrorist judge, who is investigating several plots and attacks both in France and abroad.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/12/17/paris.arrests   (588 words)

  
 Fmr Head Of Star Wars Program Says Cheney - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
But of course the terrorists are made up and used to scare you.
He said it is plausible that the entire chain of military command were unaware of what was taking place and were used as tools by the people pulling the strings behind the attack.
I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act.
www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=65817   (2151 words)

  
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1997 A terrorist opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building in New York City, killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself.
A handwritten note carried by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine".
Attacks on some coalition forces may not be terrorist attacks under Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions which gives lawful combatant status to non-uniformed guerrillas resisting foreign occupation if they display arms openly.
www.perspectives.com /forums/reply.php?topic_id=84234   (4741 words)

  
 Keyword
A KEY al-Qaeda operative responsible for recruiting the shoe bomber Richard Reid and one of the September 11 hijackers helped to kidnap five British children from their Norwich home and take them to Libya, a court was told yesterday.
Djamel Beghal, 39, is serving ten years in a French prison for plotting a suicide attack on the US Embassy in Paris and was described as so dangerous that even other al-Qaeda members thought him beyond the pale.
The claim is made by an al-Qaida member being held for allegedly plotting to blow up the U.S. embassy in Paris, the report said.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=parisembassyplot   (682 words)

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