Nizar Trabelsi, the former Tunisian footballer on trial in Belgium for allegedly planning international terrorist acts in Europe linked to al-Qaeda, was described Monday as capable of the best and the worst. Belgian magistrate Christian De Valkeneer told a Brussels court that Trabelsi "could become extremely dangerous if he was manipulated" and that he was "very emotional, reacted according to gut feeling and was capable of the best as well as the worst."
| Translated, that means he has no control over himself, with the possible exception of his bladder, and is a true follower... |
Trabelsi is one of 23 alleged Islamic militants accused of planning anti-US attacks in Europe in the wake of the September, 2001 attacks on the United States, and of complicity in the assassination of charismatic Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Masood.
| Massood was a man who could control himself, who was a true leader. That's why they killed him... |
He was arrested on Sept 13, 2001, two days after the attacks in New York and Washington, in an apartment in the Belgian capital. He was in possession of a list of chemicals which could be used to make a powerful explosive. In an television interview in November, Trabelsi pledged "filial love" for Osama Bin Laden, and said he had planned to target a Belgian military base where US nuclear missiles are kept. |