Born March 21, 1973, Hervé Djamel Loiseau was a French soldier who attended Afghan training camp

Afghan training camp

An Afghan training camp is a camp or facility used for militant training located in pre-2002 Afghanistan. At the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Indian intelligence officials estimated that there were over 120 training camps operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, run by a variety of...

s, and was found burnt to death in the aftermath of the Battle of Tora Bora

Battle of Tora Bora

The Battle of Tora Bora was a military engagement that took place in Afghanistan in December 2001, during the opening stages of the war in that country launched following the 9/11 attacks on the United States. The U.S...

 in December 2001, the first confirmation that Frenchmen had joined the ranks of Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...

 in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

Life

He had accompanied Brahim Yadel

Brahim Yadel

Brahim Yadel is a citizen of France held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 371,...

 to Lahore, Pakistan on March 11, 2000 where the pair crossed the border into Afghanistan, after the urging of recruiter Karim Bourti

Karim Bourti

Karim Bourti is a citizen of Algeria, and former citizen of France, who was convicted of an association with terrorism.A French court convicted Karim Bourti of on association with terrorism in 1998....

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He also maintained contact with the Algerian Meroine Berrahal.

Legacy

Five years after his death, an independent French film entitled Djamel Loiseau: Journey of a Soldier of Allah was produced by Ranwa Stephan.