Posted on 05/25/2004 12:59:49 PM PDT by knighthawk
A Frenchman who converted to Islam has been jailed for links with militants. David Courtailler is also said to have links to Jamal Zougam, a key suspect in the Madrid train bombings.
Courtailler, 28, was found guilty of conspiring with criminals engaged in a terrorist enterprise. He was given two years in jail with two years suspended.
He denied the charges. Prosecutors say he aided extremist Muslims in Europe after staying at a training camp in Afghanistan soon after his conversion.
Others jailed
Another suspect, Algerian Mohamed Chaouki Baadache, was found guilty of the same offence and jailed for the maximum 10 years.
A third man, Frenchman Ahmed Laidouni, got seven years.
The court issued an order for Courtailler, currently on bail, to be held. His lawyers have said they will appeal against the verdict.
Courtailler converted to Islam in 1997 while he was staying in the British south coast city of Brighton.
Prosecutors said one of his contacts after returning from Afghanistan was Zougam, who is in detention in Spain over the 11 March bombings.
and here I was hoping this would be about Jacquestrap Chirac taking bribes from Saddam in the UN oil for palaces scandal.
What would a FRENCH TERRORIST do? Run around yelling "BOO!"???????...........
Ping
Has anyone else noticed that all of the terrorists lately are --- Islamic? Weird.
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