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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: joseph krinsky who wrote (12329)	12/28/2001 4:12:35 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 27740

July arrest was missed opportunity Militant's odyssey led him to bin Laden Friday, December 28, 2001 " Paris -- Late last July in Afghanistan, after months of terrorist training, Djemal Beghal, an Algerian-born Frenchman, was summoned to the home of a senior aide to Osama bin Laden. The time for action had come, said the aide, Abu Zubaydah. Beghal was instructed to return to France via Morocco and Spain and orchestrate a suicide bombing of the American Embassy in Paris. He shaved his beard, put on western clothing, and, before leaving, was given three gifts from bin Laden -- a toothpick, prayer beads and a flask of incense. On July 28 -- six weeks before Sept. 11 -- in the Dubai airport transit lounge, Beghal's plan fell apart. With his name on a watch list, he was arrested for a forged visa extension. His lawyer said that he was tossed into a cell, handcuffed to a chair, blindfolded and beaten, and that his family was threatened. After some weeks, he talked and out poured a wealth of information. Full story >>> sfgate.com