AN ENDURING THREAT: EUROPE’S ISLAMIST TERROR NETWORKS THEN AND NOW 611 612 with Beghal]; Kamel Daoudi [A co-conspirator alongside Beghal, Daoudi was Beghal’s 613 “number two” who used an apartment in Corbeil owned by Beghal]; Jerome Courtailler [Convicted in the Netherlands in 2004 for involvement in the 2001 plot to bomb the US Embassy 614 615 in Paris. Courtailler is believed to have been converted to Islam by Beghal]. Finsbury Park Mosque: -! Abu Qatada [Beghal has been described as “a constant presence” at 616 Finsbury Park Mosque, where Qatada preached and is said to have been close to Qatada]; Abu 617 Walid [Abu Qatada’s “right-hand man”, Beghal and Walid were close associates]; Abu Hamza 618 al-Masri [Beghal frequented Finsbury Park Mosque, and security sources have claimed the two 619 men were “close”]. Other: -! Cherif Kouachi [Charlie Hebdo attack gunman believed to have been radicalised by 620 Beghal whilst in prison from January 2005 to October 2006. Kouachi visited Beghal while he 621 622 was under house arrest, and was seen playing football and trekking with him. He was arrested alongside Beghal due to alleged involvement in the plot to free Smain Ali Belkacem but later 623 624 released]; Ahmedy Coulibaly and Hayat Boumeddiene [Hypercache supermarket shooter 625 and his wife. Coulibaly met Beghal in prison between January and August 2005. Both Coulibaly 626 and Boumeddiene visited Beghal after his release for “cross-bow practice”. Coulibaly was 627 convicted alongside Beghal of involvement in the plot to free Smain Ali Belkacem]; Smain Ali Belkacem [Imprisoned for an attack on the Paris metro in 1995. Beghal was in phone contact 628 with Belkacem]. KAMEL DAOUDI Role: 629 Responsible for logistics and communications in the 2001 plot to bomb the US Embassy in Paris 630 and convicted alongside Djamel Beghal in 2005. Bio: 631 Daoudi, a French national of Algerian origin moved from Algeria to France at the age of five. He grew up in Paris and was a promising student before dropping out of his university course and working in ! ! 611 Barnett, A. and Burhan Wazir, ‘From football to terrorism’, Guardian, 7 October 2001, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/07/terrorism.afghanistan2, last visited: 9 August 2016. 612 ‘Six jailed over Paris bomb plot’, BBC News, 15 March 2005. 613 Henley, J., ‘Paris plot reveals link to terror chief’, Guardian, 3 October 2001. 614 ‘Dutch court jails terror supporters’, BBC News, 21 June 2004, available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3826031.stm, last visited: 9 August 2016. 615 ‘Europe Fears Islamic Converts May Give Cover for Extremism’, The New York Times, 19 July 2004. 616 Rayner, G. and David Barrett, ‘Charlie Hebdo suspect 'mentored' by Abu Hamza disciple’, The Telegraph, 8 January 2015, available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11333776/Charlie-Hebdo-suspect-mentored-by-Abu-Hamza-disciple.html, last visited: 9 August 2016. 617 Erlanger, S. and Chris Hedges, ‘Terror Cells Slip Through Europe's Grasp’, The New York Times, 28 December 2001. 618 ibid. 619 Hughes, C. and David Collins, ‘Paris terror attacks: Abu Hamza linked with dead fanatics as Britain announces £100m counter-terror warchest’, Mirror, 9 January 2015, available at: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paris-terror-attacks-abu-hamza-4951659, last visited: 9 August 2016. 620 Rayner, G. and David Barrett, ‘Charlie Hebdo suspect 'mentored' by Abu Hamza disciple’, The Telegraph, 8 January 2015. 621 Halliday, J. et al., ‘Mentor of Charlie Hebdo gunmen has been UK-based’, Guardian, 11 January 2015. 622 Gauthier-Villars, D. and Stacy Meichtry, ‘Algerian Terror Convict Links Paris Gunmen’, The Wall Street Journal, 13 January 2015, available at: http://www.wsj.com/articles/algerian-terror-convict-links-paris-gunmen-1421119392, last visited: 9 August 2016. 623 ‘French attacks inquiry centers on prison 'sorcerer' Beghal’, Reuters, 15 January 2015. 624 Drury, F., ‘'His heart burned to join his brothers': France's Most Wanted Woman praises Paris deli murderer husband in ISIS magazine as she boasts about how easy it was to flee to Syria’, Daily Mail Online, 12 February 2015, available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2950446/Amedy-Coulibaly-s-wife-gives- interview-ISIS-magazine.html, last visited: 9 August 2016. 625 ‘French attacks inquiry centers on prison 'sorcerer' Beghal’, Reuters, 15 January 2015. 626 Halliday, J. et al., ‘Mentor of Charlie Hebdo gunmen has been UK-based’, Guardian, 11 January 2015. 627 ‘French attacks inquiry centers on prison 'sorcerer' Beghal’, Reuters, 15 January 2015. 628 ibid. 629 Randall, C., ‘Suspect in embassy suicide plot on trial’, The Telegraph, 4 January 2005, available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1480390/Suspect-in-embassy-suicide-plot-on-trial.html, last visited: 9 August 2016. 630 ‘Six jailed over Paris bomb plot’, BBC News, 15 March 2005. 631 ‘Terror arrest in London’, BBC News, 1 October 2001, available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1573638.stm, last visited: 9 August 2016. ! ! 52 !
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