Speculation and the Crazies
A book claims that Ahmed Zaoui was a terrorist who plotted to kill soccer star David Beckham and others at the 1998 World Cup has drawn a sceptical response from a British expert, Professor Emile George Joffe who is a specialist on North African affairs.
However Joffe, who teaches at Cambridge University's Centre for International Studies, says there was "no evidence" to say Zaoui was in the GIA, let alone its leadership.
Zaoui was under house arrest in Switzerland leading up to the World Cup – and he was not among those arrested before the tournament.
Joffe believes Zaoui's alleged involvement was probably fabricated and fed to the book's author.
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