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Nizar ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi (Arabic: نزار بن عبد العزيز الطرابلسي‎, born 2 July 1970) is a Tunisian former professional football player in Germany. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in 2003 for his association with Al-Qaida, and proposed involvement in militant attacks.^[1]

He played for both Fortuna Düsseldorf and Wuppertal soccer teams. ^[1]

While later visiting Afghanistan, he met Osama bin Laden on several occasions.^[1] The Tunisian ^[1] is suspected of plotting the Paris embassy terrorist attack plot. He is said to have been the designated suicide bomber. He was accused of planning to strap a bomb onto himself before walking into the embassy. Trabelsi was to wear a business suit to conceal the bomb.^[2]

Trabelsi was arrested in an Uccle, Belgium apartment, near Brussels on September 13, 2001. He was convicted of plotting to attack American soldiers stationed at the Belgian airbase, Kleine Brogel, and in 2003, he was sentenced to a 10-year prison term. ^[1] He was also found guilty of illegal arms possession and being a member in a private militia.

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Alleged militants in the 'War on Terror' who have lived in France Alleged associates of al-Qaeda Willie Brigitte, Hervé Djamel Loiseau, Zacarias Moussaoui Alleged associates of GIA Khaled Kelkal, Karim Said Atmani Alleged associates of GICM Karim el-Mejjati Held in Guantanamo Bay Mourad Benchellali, Imad Kanouni, Nizar Sassi, Brahim Yadel, Mustaq Ali Patel, Ridouane Khalid, Khaled Ben Mustafa Others Karim Bourti, Jerôme Courtailler, Djamel Beghal, Nizar Trabelsi, Hassan Jandoubi

Alleged militants in the War on Terror who have lived in Belgium Iraqi insurgency Muriel Degauque Held in Guantanamo Bay Mesut Sen, Mosa Zi Zemmori Others Malika El Aroud, Nizar Trabelsi