Bensayah Belkacem
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Bensayah Belkacem was born in Algeria, and arrested in his home in Bosnia, on October 8, 2001, shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001.[1]
Belkacem and five other men, charity workers, who were colleagues of his, who were also born in Algeria, were under suspicion of plotting to bomb the American embassy in Bosnia.[2] American intelligence officials had grown alarmed by an increase in the "chatter". After his extrajudicial capture it was reported that a search of his home turned up pro-jihadist material.[3]
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[edit] Detention in Cuba
Bensayah was one of the first Guantanamo detainees who was able to get a letter out describing the conditions there. In a letter his wife received in June 2002 he said that the detainees no longer had to defecate and urinate into plastic bags. The camp authorities had provided them with toilets.[4]
[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunals
Bensayah declined to participate in his own Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Another detainee from Bosnia, Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar, asked his Personal Representative to ask him to testify at his CSRT. Bensayab declined.
[edit] References
- ^ Man linked to Bin Laden arrested in Bosnia, The Guardian, October 8, 2001
- ^ Bosnia: Algerian Trial Jeopardised, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, December 7, 2001
- ^ Terrorist material found in Sarajevo charity raid, The Guardian, February 23, 2002
- ^ The Next Wave: Dirty-bomb, car-bomb, boat-bomb, bomb plots—meet the new al-Qaeda men, less polished than the 9/11 crew, but any less lethal?, Time (magazine), June 16, 2002
[edit] External links
- Bosnian government seen covering up naturalized citizens, terrorist suspects
- Bin Laden suspect held in Bosnia
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