A German al-Qaeda militant jailed for 18 years by a French court for plotting the 2002 suicide bombing of a Tunisian synagogue will appeal, his lawyer said. Christian Ganczarski, 44, a Polish-born convert to Islam, was sentenced late yesterday by a Paris court for the attack on the island of Djerba. “This verdict is wrong and unacceptable,” lawyer Sebastien Bono told LCI … [Read more...] about German jailed for Djerba synagogue bomb to appeal, lawyer says
Christian Ganczarski
Accused 9/11 plotter faces trial in France
The self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks went on trial in absentia in Paris for allegedly ordering a deadly Tunisian synagogue bombing less than a year after the assault on New York and Washington. The proceedings are expected to highlight the reach and complexity of al-Qaida-linked networks in North Africa, although they are unlikely to directly affect the fate of … [Read more...] about Accused 9/11 plotter faces trial in France