Ahmed Ressamis an Algerian al-Qaeda member who lived for a time in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He received extensive terrorist training in Afghanistan... (wikipedia)
I did not tell him precisely and I did not give him the target,
get the money to carry out an operation in America.
hellish days in the cells of the police.
Knowing I was innocent, I was afraid a trial would drive me further into the darkness. I decided to exile myself.
It is a very long way and I was afraid of the impact and shock in the car.
I said, Mokhtar, I am not going to America for tourism. I am going on some very important and dangerous business,
Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the US.
It would have been preferable to carry it out in the country itself, inside America. He was in agreement.
it was an enemy of Islam and that if one is to carry out an operation it would be better to hit the biggest enemy.
they stopped me. They asked me, 'Where are you going to,' from what I understood. ... They said, 'Open the car,' and started searching. I ran.
considered me to be nothing but an Islamic terrorist, even though I have no connections to Islamic movements.
Once I meet him there I will explain to him what the job is.