Boualem Bensaïd ( ar, أبو عالم بن سعيد; born in

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, an Islamic terrorist organization. He has been accused of an attempted bombing during the 1995 terror campaign in France. Born in Algeria in 1967, a sport teacher, he entered clandestinity around 1990. He went back to France in 1994, as Algeria was in full-scale

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. In 1999, he was sentenced to 10 years of prison on charges of "''association de malfaiteurs''".Boualem Bensaïd présente le GIA comme une "organisation politique non criminelle"
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On 27 November 2003 he was sentenced in appeal to life detention, with a 22-year "safety sentence" (which prevents the detainee from being liberated for good conduct), on charges of having attempted to bomb the

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Lyon-Paris on 26 August 1995. At the sentence, he exclaimed "

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), it is a miserable decision!". The appeal court thus confirmed the judgement given by the First Special Criminal Court. A prisoner since his arrest in 1995,French police claim victory over bombers
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'', November 3, 1995 Bensaïd is serving two more sentences of 10 years and 30 years for other charges related to the terrorist attacks of 1995.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bensaid, Boualem 1967 births Living people People from Algiers Armed Islamic Group of Algeria members Islamic terrorism in France 21st-century Algerian people

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