Government & Politics

Belgium pays €350,000 to former al-Qaeda terrorist after illegal extradition to US Trabelsi — formerly a Tunisian professional footballer — was arrested in September 2001 for his role in a planned attack on Belgium's Kleine-Brogel Air Base

(Jerusalem Post) The Belgian state has paid former al-Qaeda terrorist Nizar Trabelsi €350,000, allegedly in relation to his detention conditions and an “illegal” extradition to the US. Trabelsi — formerly a Tunisian professional footballer — was arrested in September 2001 for his […]