This photograph of Ahmed Ressam was seen on televisions across the U.S. following his arrest.

Ahmed Ressam (Arabic: احمد رسام) (born c.1971) was convicted in a plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999. Ahmed Ressam, rare photo of a historical figure, unsure if copyright ever applied to this image The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... Arabic (العربية) is a Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... This article is the most common use of LAX. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). ... The Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge illuminated under New Years Eve Fireworks 2005 New Years Eve is a celebration held the day before New Years Day, on December 31, the final day of the year. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Ressam was born in Algeria. In 1994 he obtained a falsified passport and applied for political asylum in Canada, making up a story about persecution in Algeria. After settling in Montreal, he became a small-time criminal. At some point, he was recruited into al-Qaida. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Power lines leading to a trash dump hover just overhead in El Carpio, a Nicaraguan refugee camp in Costa Rica Under international law, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her... Please visit and contribute to the Montreal Wikiportal See and add to this ongoing discussion about English Names in Montreal City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ...

Ressam went to a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan in 1998. There he learned skills in weapons, explosives, and poisons. He left in early 1999 carrying the precursors for making explosives and planning to attack a United States airport or embassy. He returned to Canada, and continued making bomb materials and false papers. He made the decision to attack Los Angeles International Airport as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... This article is the most common use of LAX. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). ... The organization Al-Qaida encouraged attacks against Israel and the United States on or around January 1, 2000. ...

On December 14, 1999, he crossed the border at Port Angeles, Washington. Upon noticing that he appeared nervous, customs officers inspected him more closely and asked for further identification. Ressam panicked and attempted to flee. Customs officials then found nitroglycerin and four timing devices concealed in a spare tire well of his automobile. He was arrested by customs, and investigated by the FBI. He had shared a room with Abdelmajid Dahoumane, a suspected terrorist. A suitcase in the room which they lived in tested positive for chemicals used for making bombs. Ressam began cooperating with investigators in 2001, and revealed that al-Qaida sleeper cells existed within the United States. This information was included in the famous Presidential Daily Briefing delivered to President Bush on August 6, 2001, entitled "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US". December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Port Angeles is a city located in Clallam County, Washington. ... Nitroglycerin, also known as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, and glyceryl trinitrate, is a chemical compound, a heavy, colorless, poisonous, oily, explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Born January 6th, 1967 in Pasadena, California, Abdelmajid Dahoumane is wanted by the FBI in connection with the 2000 Millennium Plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey Dr. Dre 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A sleeper cell is a small group of people that belongs to a large organization, usually a terrorist group. ... A corner of the front page of the August 6, 2001 PDB The Presidents Daily Briefing (PDB) is a top secret document produced each morning by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for the President of the United States. ... Order: 43rd President of United States Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – Present (Current term expected to end on January 20, 2009. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey Dr. Dre 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ressam's testimony was used by the Guantanamo Bay Combatant Status Review Tribunal to decide that friends of his, like fellow Algerian Ahcene Zemiri should continue to be held as an Unlawful Combatants. Map of Cuba with location of Guantanamo Bay indicated. ... The United States Department of Defense held Combatant Status Review Tribunals from July 8, 2004 through March 29, 2005, to determine whether the detainees they had been holding at Guantanamo Bay were lawful combatants. ... Ahcene Zemiri is an Algerian who currently held in Guantanamo Bay as a suspected member of Al-Qaeda. ...

External link

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/inside/cron.html
• Montrealer sold to U.S. troops: wife: Northern Alliance got $5,000, she says; U.S. alleges Algerian-born Ahcene Zemiri helped millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam] Montreal Gazette reprint of Ottawa Citizen, July 11, 2005