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        10/13/2009, Tishrei 25, 5770

      French Physicist Ordered Held on Terror Charges


      Adlene Hicheur, the French physicist of Algerian origin who was arrested near Geneva last week for his contacts an Algerian branch of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, was charged with terrorism offences by a Paris judge and ordered to remain in custody Monday evening.

      According to internet contacts between Hicheur and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) that were intercepted during a year-and-a-half long investigation, the physicist told the Islamist group that he was interested in committing an attack but he had not begun any material preparation, according to police sources.