A London student known online as
"Irhabi 007" was a key player in three militant plots according to FBI
Director Robert Mueller.
Moroccan-born Younes Tsouli, whose
nickname translates as "Terrorist 007" was arrested in London in
October 2005.Mueller said that the case was proof that the
terrorist threat exists not only in the mountains of Pakistan, but also
in the shadows of the Internet.
Tsouli pleaded guilty
in July to inciting terrorism on the Internet and was sentenced to 10
years in prison. However Mueller said that the student's computer
enabled investigators to link three plots which were believed to be the
work of separate organisations.
These included targets in the
US, Europe and South Asia. Tsouli talked to suspected militant
cell in Canada known as the "Toronto 17" who are accused of planning to
attack targets in Canada. Tsouli was at the centre of a web of
activities facilitating communications and posting thousands of files
including manuals for attacks and videotaped
beheadings.
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