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Willie Virgile Brigitte (born 10 October 1968) is a French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia.〔(Brigitte terrorism trial nears ) ABC News. March 2007〕 He is currently serving a nine-year sentence in prison for his admitted involvement with a terrorist organization.〔Epstein, Rafael (10 February 2007) ( Brigitte 'pressured' over terrorism plot confession ) ABC News. Retrieved 29 January 2015〕 ==Background== Brigitte was born on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, an overseas territory of France. He moved to Paris for his final year of schooling, but chose to join the navy instead of sitting for the baccalaureate. He served for three years, though deserted the military twice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Four Corners – 09/02/2004: Interrogations of Willie Brigitte )〕 After returning to civilian life in 1993, he worked in a variety of jobs, and had stints as a butcher, social worker, printer, drug rehabilitation facilitator, teacher and warehouse worker. He married a Syrian Muslim woman, with whom he had one child. At the time, neither of them were particularly religious. They divorced in 1996.〔 He read widely, including the Qur'an, and at the age of 30, in 1998, he decided to embrace Islam in full. Brigitte adopted several new names, including Mohammed Abderrahman, Mohammed Ibrahim Abderrahman, Abou Maimouna, Salahouddin, Jamal and 'Abderrahman the West Indian'. He attended an Islamic school in Yemen.〔 Brigitte married for a second time in 1999. The marriage resulted in two children and the couple divorced in 2001.〔 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「Willie Brigitte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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