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An Algerian-Canadian, Fateh Kamel was arrested in 1999 on charges of supporting a terrorist plot against attacks against French targets in Paris, and was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. He was released early for good behaviour, and returned to Canada. ==Early life== Kamel is believed to have fought the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, and moved to Canada in 1987〔 or 1988.〔CNEWS, (No passport for terrorist, court rules ), January 29, 2009〕 He married a schoolteacher in Quebec, and was granted Canadian citizenship in 1993,〔〔Hamilton, Graeme. National Post,"(Passport Order infringes rights of former terrorist: court )" March 13, 2008〕 and owned the ''Aristanat Nord-Sud Craft Store'' in Montreal.〔Williams, Paul L. "Al Qaeda: Brotherhood of Terror", 2002〕 In the Bosnian War, he was injured in the foot while fighting in Bosnia.〔 Evan Kohlmann has suggested that he served as third-in-command of a Zenica mujahideen battalion during 1995 under Abdelkader Mokhtari.〔Kohlmann, Evan. Global Terror Alert, (Abu el-Maali ), 2005〕 Described as possessing a "slick, polished exterior" and "especially handsome",〔Kohlmann, Evan. "Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe", p. 186〕〔Randal, Jonathan C. "Osama", p. 176〕 he traveled between Milan, Montreal, Paris, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Zagreb, Bosnia, Copenhagen, Australia, Slovenia, Freibourg, Morocco, Acone, Istanbul, Belgium and Amsterdam over a period of three years from 1994-97.〔 In 1996, he stated to friends that he would "prefer to die than go to jail", speaking of how he almost lost his wife and newborn son.〔 When authorities pursued French militant Christophe Caze, it was discovered that his address book contained the contact information of Kamel.〔Deliso, Christopher. "The Coming Balkan Caliphate", p. 11〕 Returning to Canada, he is alleged to have led a group of radical Montreal Islamists, including Ahmed Ressam.〔 In 1991 he is believed to have attended an Afghan training camp, and returned to Montreal where he stole money and identity documents to support his group's plans to bomb Parisian metro stations,〔 and a series of attacks in the city of Roubaix.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fateh Kamel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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