Mokhtar Haouari (born 1970 in

Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

), an Algerian-Canadian, was sentenced to 24 year imprisonment following the Millennium Plot, after investigators traced one of

Ahmed Ressam Ahmed Ressam ( ar, احمد رسام; also Benni Noris or the Millennium Bomber; born May 9, 1967) is an Algerian al-Qaeda member who lived for a time in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He received extensive terrorist training in Afghanistan. He was c ...

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s to Haouari. Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Summary of the Security Intelligence Report concerning Hassan Almrei, February 22, 2008. He also provided Ressam with a fake Quebec

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, "US wary of time bombs waiting to strike from north", February 4, 2002

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Living people 1970 births Algerian emigrants to Canada People from Oran Canadian Islamists Islamic terrorism in Canada People convicted on terrorism charges 2000 millennium attack plots {{Canada-crime-bio-stub