Abdelkader Belliraj succeeded in escaping two months later with the help of his gang.
10 Facts About Abdelkader Belliraj
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Abdelkader Belliraj was condemned to 20 years and he escaped.
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Abdelkader Belliraj invested in hotels and my brother never again saw his money.
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The Christian trade union stated that Abdelkader Belliraj was never an employee of its organization or has never been a member in any way.
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At some point in the 1990s, Abdelkader Belliraj became an informant for the main Belgian intelligence agency, the Surete de l'Etat, infiltrating criminal organizations, and even having dinner with Osama bin Laden less than two weeks before the September 11 attacks.
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Abdelkader Belliraj turned over large amounts of information regarding Al Qaeda to Belgian authorities.
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Abdelkader Belliraj stated in an open letter, written in August 2008 and published by the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, that they had been extorted under torture, a practice common in the Moroccan police system.
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Abdelkader Belliraj denied the charges, claiming that the weapons were cached in the 1990s, intended to support Islamic radicals in Algeria.
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On October 22,2008, Belgian Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen was asked in the House of Representatives by MP Georges Dallemagne if Abdelkader Belliraj could be tried in Belgium for the crimes he allegedly committed there between 1986 and 1989.
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Abdelkader Belliraj's lawyer has said that he plans to appeal the ruling.