Abdelmajid Dahoumane
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Born January 6, 1967 in Algeria
, Abdelmajid Dahoumane is wanted by the FBI in connection with the 2000 Millennium Plot
to blow up Los Angeles International Airport
.
A Salafist member, he is considered a close associate of Ahmed Ressam
, the two of them having spent 3 weeks together in a Canadian hotel room prior to Ressam's arrest. At his trial, Ressam testified in 2001 that Dahoumane had helped to build the explosives at that time, but that he had not told Dahoumane the intended target.
On March 25, 2001, the Algeria
n government announced they had Dahoumane in custody, but would not extradite
him to stand trial in the United States
- instead they preferred to try him in their own courts as an example to their population who have been plagued by Fundamentalist violence.
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
, Abdelmajid Dahoumane is wanted by the FBI in connection with the 2000 Millennium Plot
2000 millennium attack plots
The Year 2000 attack plots were terrorist attacks planned to occur on or near January 1, 2000: the bombing of four sites in Jordan, the bombing of Los Angeles International Airport , and the bombing of the USS The Sullivans. The first two plots were foiled by law enforcement agencies; the third was...
to blow up Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually...
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A Salafist member, he is considered a close associate of Ahmed Ressam
Ahmed Ressam
Ahmed Ressam is an Algerian al-Qaeda member who lived in Montreal, Canada.He was convicted of attempting to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999, as part of the foiled 2000 millennium attack plots...
, the two of them having spent 3 weeks together in a Canadian hotel room prior to Ressam's arrest. At his trial, Ressam testified in 2001 that Dahoumane had helped to build the explosives at that time, but that he had not told Dahoumane the intended target.
On March 25, 2001, the Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n government announced they had Dahoumane in custody, but would not extradite
Extradition
Extradition is the official process whereby one nation or state surrenders a suspected or convicted criminal to another nation or state. Between nation states, extradition is regulated by treaties...
him to stand trial in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- instead they preferred to try him in their own courts as an example to their population who have been plagued by Fundamentalist violence.