- Djamel Beghal
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Djamel Beghal (also transliterated as Jamel Beghal and Djamel Begal) (Arabic: جميل بغال; born 1965 in Bordj Bou Arréridj, Algeria) is a French Algerian man convicted of terrorism.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.[3]
In October 2001, Beghal told Jean-Louis Bruguière, a magistrate, that he visited Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and planned a suicide bomb attack.[4]
In March 2005 French authorities convicted Beghal and five others for planning the attacks.[1] Beghal began a 10 year sentence.[5] With time already served, the prison system is primed to release Beghal in 2011.[1]
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Alleged militants in the War on Terror who have lived in AlgeriaSalafist Group for Preaching and Combat Held at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily · The Algerian Six: · Bensayah Belkacem · Hadj Boudella · Lakhdar Boumediene · Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar · Mustafa Ait Idr · Mohammed NechleAlleged members of al-Qaeda and al-Jihad Abu Sulayman Jazairiǂ · Ahmed Brahim†Armed Islamic Group Other 
Alleged militants in the War on Terror who have lived in FranceAlleged associates of al-Qaeda Alleged associates of GIA Alleged associates of GICM Karim el-MejjatiHeld in Guantanamo Bay Mourad Benchellali · Imad Kanouni · Nizar Sassi · Brahim Yadel · Mustaq Ali Patel · Ridouane Khalid · Khaled Ben MustafaOthers Karim Bourti · Jerôme Courtailler · Djamel Beghal · Nizar Trabelsi · Hassan Jandoubi · Lionel Dumont · Kamel Daoudi · Rabah Kadre · Slimane Khalfaoui
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