US Embassy & Cultural Centre Plot / Rotterdam Cell Under the direction of prolific al-Qaeda recruiter Djamel Beghal the network represented below plotted an attack on the US Embassy and Cultural Centre in Paris, 2001, with former footballer Nizar Trabelsi allegedly designated as the attack’s suicide bomber. MOHAMMED BERKOUS Accomplice ADEL TOBBICHI NIZAR Accomplice TRABELSI JEROME Plotter COURTAILLER (Proposed Suicide Bomber) Plotter ABDELGHANI RABIA DJAMAL Accomplice BEGHAL Plotter BAGHDAD MEZIANE Accomplice KAMEL DAOUDI Plotter BRAHIM BENMERZOUGA Accomplice Profiles can be found on pages 50 - 60