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Britain Extradites Man Convicted in France
2006-06-23
A man convicted in 2004 by a French court for his role in a plot to attack a crowded Christmas market on New Year's Eve 2000 was extradited Thursday from Britain, the Justice Ministry said. Rabah Kadri, sentenced in absentia to six years in prison, has the right to oppose the verdict in France and be retried or complete his prison term.

Kadri, of Algerian origin, was among 10 people, Algerian or French-Algerian, convicted in December 2004 in France for their roles in the plot to attack the market in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. Four others, also Algerians, were convicted in Germany in March 2003. All made up the so-called "Frankfurt group" -- named for the German city where the bomb plot was hatched. German police arrested four men, all Algerians, in Frankfurt in December 2000. The four were convicted in Germany in March 2003 and sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison. Kadri was arrested in November 2002 in London and charged there with possessing material that could be used to commit terror attacks, then charged again in February 2003 for an alleged plot to concoct a chemical weapon.
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Algerians to stand trial in France
2004-07-06
Ten suspected Islamist militants have been ordered to stand trial in France in connection with a failed plot to bomb a Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg in 2000, court sources said Monday. The trial of the so-called "Frankfurt group", who stand accused of criminal association related to a terrorist group, was expected to begin in a Paris criminal court in October. The suspects face a maximum of 10 years in prison. French investigators believe that they thwarted what could have been a massive attack with just a few days to spare. The 10 suspects are accused of helping to plan the attack on the Strasbourg market in December 2000, a crowded venue throughout the Christmas holiday period. Among those due to stand trial is the suspected mastermind of the attack, Algerian national Mohamed Bensakhria, who was arrested in Spain in June 2001 and later extradited to France. Investigators say Bensakhria travelled to Strasbourg on December 10, 2000 - as the market was being set up - to research the location for the alleged bomb attack. French police began investigating the matter after German police arrested several suspects. Four members of the "Frankfurt group" were convicted in a Frankfurt court in March 2003 in connection with the plot, and sentenced to between 10 and 12 years in prison.
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