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Attila Selek
 Attila Selek was born in 1975 in Germany to a family from Turkish descent. He grew up in the Southern German city of Ulm and, like many other local Muslims, Attila Selek came under the influence of Dr Yehia Yousif, was active in the Multi-culture center in Ulm, which was, in fact, an Islamic center preaching the strict Wahhabism form of Islam, practiced in Saudi Arabia. In the Multi-culture center Attila Selek got acquainted with and befriended with Fritz Martin Gelowicz. Together they joined the local activity of the “Islamic Jihad Union” (-IJU), also known as the ‘Saarland Group’.
In early 2004 Attila Selek had completed a training program as an auto body painter and made his living from selling used cars.
On 12/11/2004 police picked up Attila Selek and a friend, Fritz Martin Gelowicz, for setting a book on fire in front of a shop in Ulm. In the car the men were driving, investigators found "propaganda material", according to court documents, including a CD with information praising Global Jihad and Osama Bin Laden. He was released after 13 days.
Soon after, an Iranian-born Kurd with German citizenship named Dana Boluri, told investigators that he met Attila Selek and Fritz Martin Gelowicz during a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in late 2004.
In 06/2006 Attila Selek flew to Damascus to complete a preparatory year for attending university.
In 06/2007 Attila Selek married a young Turkish woman in Konya, South Turkey. and registered with local authorities as an official resident. He planned to start a new life.
In 11/ 2006 the CIA asked German intelligence officials for assistance in identifying a man the USA intelligence agency knew lived in Germany and went by the name "Muaz". Later the German security service BKA came to the conclusion that Muaz is, probably, an “Islamic Jihad Union” (-IJU) operative from Ulm - Attila Selek. The identification started “Operation Alberich”, which led to uncover of the Ramstein Plot.
Germen Investigators believe Attila Selek is part of the Ramstein Plot of Islamist terrorists led by Fritz Martin Gelowicz. Attila Selek job within the group, investigators believe, was to obtain the detonators, smuggled from Syria, for the explosive devices.
Attila Selek was arrested, on 11/06/2007, in Konya, South Turkey, and Germany is seeking his extradition. Attila Selek was convicted and sentenced, on 03/04/2010, to 5 years in jail (see - Sentence 03.04.10).
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