Guadeloupe terrorist suspect may have planned attack on nuclear reactor

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said on Monday a suggestion that a deported Guadeloupe man with links to al-Qaeda planned an attack on a nuclear reactor near Sydney was the subject of an official inquiry.

Asked about reports that a nuclear reactor had been identified as a terror target by Willie Brigitte, Ruddock said: "It is subject to an ongoing inquiry".

Without identifying its sources, The Australian newspaper said Monday that Brigitte, 35, may have been plotting an attack on the reactor, on the southern outskirts of Sydney, or on defence facilities in Sydney. 

Brigitte was deported to France last month, where he is now being held over alleged terror links. While in Australia he married an Australian convert to Islam who had previously served in the Australian military.

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