AN ENDURING THREAT: EUROPE’S ISLAMIST TERROR NETWORKS THEN AND NOW 807 in Paris as part of the investigation into the Strasbourg plot. Convicted of “criminal association with a 808 terrorist enterprise” in December 2004 and sentenced to eight years in prison. Foreign training/combat: 809 Trained at an al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan and has been reported to have 810 spent up to four years in the country. Movements: 811 Germany (Unclear); UK (Unclear); France (Unclear, 2000); Afghanistan (1996/8-2000). Criminal history: 812 Arrested previously in Germany for credit card fraud and appears to have been 813 involved in similar activity in the UK. Convicted of “criminal association with a terrorist enterprise” in 814 December 2004. Known to the authorities: Unclear Networks and associates: -! The ‘Frankfurt Cell’: Mohamed Bensakhria, Slimane Khalfaoui, Rabah Kadre, Lazhar Ben Mohammed Tlili, Abdelkader Tcharek, Meroine Berrahal, Laurent Mourad Djoumakh, Samir Korchi, Nicolas Belloni [Convicted alongside as members of the ‘Frankfurt cell’ in December 815 2004, Aknouche was in direct contact with Bensakhria and Khalfaoui]; Fouhad Sabour, Lamine 816 Maroni, Salim Boukhari, Aerobi Beandali [‘Frankfurt cell’ members convicted in March 2003]. Abu Doha Network -! : Abu Doha [Aknouche and Doha are believed to have worked together, and he named Doha as Osama bin Laden’s “UK recruiter”. -! Al-Qaeda: Osama bin Laden [Aknouche claimed he had met bin Laden several times while in Afghanistan]; Abu Zubaydah [Alleged to have known Zubaydah, likely while in Afghanistan); Zacarias Moussaoui, Richard Reid, Ahmed Ressam [Aknouche confessed to having met the three 817 men while in Afghanistan). FOUHAD SABOUR Role: Convicted of involvement in the plot to bomb Strasbourg Christmas market. Gathered bomb- 818 making material and carried out reconnaissance. Bio: Described as a French citizen of Algerian origin, Sabour is believed to have moved to London in 819 2000 after living in both Bosnia and Pakistan, and having spent two years between 1998 and 2000 in ! ! 807 ‘French find a 'goldmine' of information’, News 24 Archives, 10 February 2002, available at: http://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/French-find-a-goldmine- of-information-20020210, last visited: 9 August 2016. 808 ‘Jail for Strasbourg bomb plotters’, BBC News, 16 December 2004. 809 Ulrich, A. et al., ‘The Changing Threat of Al-Qaida: How Widespread is Terrorism in Europe?’, Aus Dem Spiegel, 11 July 2005. 810 ‘London al-Qaeda suspect will face extradition’, Sunday Times, 10 March 2002. 811 Multiple sources, see biographical section. 812 Burke, J., ‘Al-Qaeda trained hundreds from UK’, Guardian, 24 February 2002. 813 Ulrich, A. et al., ‘The Changing Threat of Al-Qaida: How Widespread is Terrorism in Europe?’, Aus Dem Spiegel, 11 July 2005. 814 ‘Jail for Strasbourg bomb plotters’, BBC News, 16 December 2004. 815 ‘French court convicts group in Strasbourg Christmas market bomb’, Agence France Presse, 16 December 2004. 816 Boyes, R., ‘Algerians jailed for Christmas bomb plot’, The Times, 11 March 2003; and Tremlett, G, ‘Spanish police arrest Bin Laden suspect’, Guardian, 23 June 2001. 817 Burke, J., ‘Al-Qaeda trained hundreds from UK’, Guardian, 24 February 2002; and ‘French find a 'goldmine' of information’, News 24 Archives, 10 February 2002. 818 Boyes, R., ‘Algerians jailed for Christmas bomb plot’, The Times, 11 March 2003. 819 Finn, P., ‘Five Linked to Al Qaeda Face Trial in Germany’, The Washington Post, 15 April 2002. ! ! 65 !