Bin Laden's Boys?

Investigators have little luck connecting a clutch of Algerian suspects to the Saudi terror nemesis

It's hard to solve a crime if you can't keep track of the suspects. Just ask federal investigators trying to unravel the Algerian Connection: the conspiracy behind Ahmed Ressam's attempt to bring bombmaking materials into the U.S. last December. Until they can interrogate some missing players, the feds won't know if the plot is the work of alleged terror nemesis Osama bin Laden.

First, Canadian authorities could not find Ressam's Algerian compatriot, Abdelmajid Dahoumane, indicted with Ressam for transporting explosives and timing devices from Canada into the U.S. on Dec. 14. While an uncooperative Ressam pleaded not guilty last Thursday in...

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