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May 03, 2005

The terrorist soccer player

Since the original story on Nizar Trabelsi has decayed, here's a version of it from CNN:

CNN.com - Footballer jailed at terror trial - Sep. 30, 2003

And, interestingly, it turns out that Trabelsi was involved in a more famous case, the Richard Reid attempted "shoe bombing":

CNN.com - 'Shoe bomber' jailed for 13 years - Apr 22, 2005

Trabelsi apparently was Reid's contact, and then tried to get another British loser to try the shoe bomb thing. This one didn't work either. It's somewhat fitting. Trabelsi is a soccer player, and everyone knows they have to use their feet and never their hands.

Posted by Mac Thomason at May 3, 2005 09:01 AM

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