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Nizar Trabelsi
Tunisian footballer (born 1970)
Nizar ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi (born 2 July 1970) is a Tunisian former professional footballer. In 2003, he was convicted as terrorist and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for his association with Al-Qaeda, and for plotting to attack US targets including American soldiers stationed at the Belgian airbase Kleine Brogel Air Base.[1][2]
Trabelsi played in Germany for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Wuppertaler SV, 1. FC Wülfrath, SV 09/35 Wermelskirchen and VfR Neuss, as a midfielder.[3]
Association with Al-Qaeda
Trabelsi had traveled to Afghanistan and met Osama bin Laden on several occasions.[4] In 2001, Trabelsi was suspected of plotting to attack a US embassy in Paris, which was uncovered and stopped.[1] He is said to be the designated suicide bomber, and was to wear a business suit to conceal the strapped bomb onto himself before walking into the embassy.[5]
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