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| Al-Qaeda thug sez there's a pact between Talibs and al-Qaeda |
| 2001-10-18 |
A leading suspect in a plot to attack the U.S. Embassy in Paris has told a French judge that Afghanistan's Taliban regime made a "pact" with al-Qaida and would have had to approve terrorist acts like the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings. Djamel Beghal, who French authorities believe is linked to bin Laden, told anti-terror Judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere of the pact during questioning in Paris on Oct. 1. The case file, which is sealed to the public, was shown to The Associated Press today. In his first interrogation in the United Arab Emirates, Beghal spoke in detail about being recruited and meeting at bin Laden's Afghanistan home with Abu Zubaydah, one of the suspected terrorist mastermind's top aides. Beghal also said he spent time at training camps in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |