French djihadist sentenced to 18 years prison in Belgium.

Un djihadiste français condamné en Belgique pour terrorisme

par Pierre Benazet mardi 14 octobre 2014.

Le tribunal correctionnel de Bruxelles a condamné trois hommes, dont un Français, a de la prison ferme pour “terrorisme” © Maxppp. Three men, including a Frenchman are imprisoned for terrorism.

Un Français de 41 ans a été condamné à 18 ans de prison ferme à Bruxelles. Il est accusé d’avoir dirigé un groupe spécialisé dans le recrutement de djihadistes en Belgique. A 41 year old Frenchman has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment in Brussels. He was accused of leading a specialised djihadist recruitment group in Belgium.

Le tribunal correctionnel de Bruxelles a condamné ce mardi trois djihadistes à des peines de 5 à 18 ans de prison pour terrorisme. Ils avaient tous les trois rejoint le mouvement islamiste shebab en Somalie et avaient, avant cela, formé un groupe de recrutement de djihadistes. Le chef de file des trois condamnés est Rachid Benomari, un Français de 41 ans.
Il vivait à Bruxelles depuis plusieurs années et a décidé de partir rejoindre le mouvement islamiste al-Shebab en Somalie. Lors de son départ le 15 avril 2011, il a entraîné avec lui Mustapha Bouyahbaren et Mohammed Saïd. Tous trois ont réussi à rejoindre la Somalie en passant par le Kenya. Sur place, les trois hommes ont reconnu s’être entraînés dans les camps de milices al-shebab.
On Tuesday the court in Brussels sentenced the three djihadists penalties of 5 to 18 years in prison for terrorism. The three had joined the al-Shebab islamist movement in Somalia, beforehand having formed a djihadist recruitment group. The leader of the three sentenced is Rachid Benomari, a 41 year old Frenchman. He lived in Brussels for several years and he decided to leave for Somalia and join the al-Shebab islamist movement. At the time of his departure on 15 April 2011, he took with him Mustapha Bouyahbaren and Mohammed Saïd. All three were successful in getting to  Somalia via Kenya. Once there they were known to be training in the al-Shebab training camps.

“L’archétype du djihadiste fanatique” (“Typical djihadist fanatic)

Rachid Benomari a même avoué avoir participé à un guet-apens (ambush) qui aurait fait une trentaine de morts. Ils ont été arrêtés à leur retour, en juillet 2013 lors de leur transit par le Kenya où ils ont été emprisonnées pendant un an pour séjour illégal.  Mohammed Saïd et Moustapha Bouyahbaren ont été condamnés à cinq ans de prison pour participation à des actes terroristes. Détenteurs de la nationalité belge, ils écopent en outre de 10 ans de privations de droits civils et politiques. Rachid Benomari est lui condamné à 18 ans comme dirigeant, le juge ayant estimé qu’il représentait “l’archétype du combattant djihadiste fanatique convaincu du bien-fondé de ce qu’il a fait” et qui n’émet aucun regret.
Rachid Benomari admitted his role in an ambush that resulted in thirty deaths. They were arrested on their return, in July 2013 while enroute through Kenya and imprisoned for a year as illegal immigrants. Mohammed Saïd and Moustapha Bouyahbaren were sentenced to five years in prison for their role in terrorist acts. As detainees of Belgian nationality, they get another 10 years of restricted civil and political rights, under observation.  Rachid Benomari was sentenced to 18 years as the leader, and the judge estimated he represented “the archetypical aggressive fanatic djihadist convinced that what he is doing is right”

About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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