User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/Algerian House, Peshawar

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The Algerian House, in Peshawar, is reported to have been a guest house where individuals suspected of being jihadists stayed during their travels to Afghanistan.^[1] Ilhem Rachidi, writing in the Asia Times, called it the "renowned Algerian house" reported that Ahmed Ressam, the "millenium bomber", and Zacarias Moussaoui stayed there.

References

^ Ilhem Rachidi (2005-05-21). "Answering the call for jihad". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. As early as 1996, European jihadis of North African origin joined al-Qaeda's training camps in Afghanistan, transiting through the renowned "Algerian house" in Peshawar, Pakistan, the main recruiting network for terrorists coming from Europe. Well-known terrorists like Algerian Ahmed Ressam, who was arrested in 1999 at the US-Canadian border for planning terrorist attacks on US soil for the new millennium, later had a major role in planning large-scale attacks. Zacarias Moussaoui, a Moroccan born and raised in France, went to Chechnya in 1996 and to Afghanistan in 1998 and 1999.

[AsiaTimes2009-1] Ilhem Rachidi (2005-05-21). "Answering the call for jihad". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. As early as 1996, European jihadis of North African origin joined al-Qaeda's training camps in Afghanistan, transiting through the renowned "Algerian house" in Peshawar, Pakistan, the main recruiting network for terrorists coming from Europe. Well-known terrorists like Algerian Ahmed Ressam, who was arrested in 1999 at the US-Canadian border for planning terrorist attacks on US soil for the new millennium, later had a major role in planning large-scale attacks. Zacarias Moussaoui, a Moroccan born and raised in France, went to Chechnya in 1996 and to Afghanistan in 1998 and 1999.

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