Abdelmajid Dahoumane (/ɑːbdəlməˈdʒiːd dɑːhʊˈmɑːn/ ⓘ; born January 6, 1967, in Algeria)[1] was wanted by the FBI in connection with the 2000 Millennium Plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport.[2]
Life edit
A Salafist member, he is considered a close associate of Ahmed Ressam, the two of them having spent three weeks together in a Canadian hotel room prior to Ressam's arrest.[3] 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 Algerian 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.
References edit
- ^ "Abdelmajid Dahoumane". www.rewardsforjustice.net. Archived from the original on 31 December 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ NEWS SUMMARY, 7 Dec 2000 - The New York Times, ...Algerian Fugitive in Custody: Abdelmajid Dahoumane, 33, who is suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in the United States over the New Year's holidays last year, has been quietly arrested in Algeria, Clinton administration officials said. A3...
- ^ McKenna, Terence. "Transcript | PBS - Trail Of A Terrorist | FRONTLINE | PBS". Frontline. PBS. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
When arrested, Ressam was carrying this receipt for the 2400 Motel in Vancouver. A crowd of investigators descended on the motel. Police quickly discovered that Ressam's collaborator in the bomb making was Abdelmajid Dahoumane, but he had disappeared. POLICE SPOKESMAN: Mr. Dahoumane is considered to be a potentially dangerous terrorist and still at large. TERENCE McKENNA: Dahoumane had already fled the country to Afghanistan.
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