October 18, 2005

Dutch Detain 7 in Counterterror Sweep

Seven men were arrested in an anti terror sweep that went through 3 Dutch cities last week. The suspects range in ages from 18- 30 and were detained in the Hague, Almere, and Amsterdam.

The main suspect is 19 year old Samir Azzouz. He is a Dutch National of Morocan descent who was accused (and subsequently acquitted) of terrorism charges earlier this year.

A prosecution statement was put out about Azzouz is as follows: "Azzouz was in the process of purchasing automatic weapons and explosives probably to carry out an attack with others on several politicians and a government building."

Threats have been widely reported to have been made against parliment members. Particularly, Geert Wilders and Ayaan Hersi Ali were threatened for outwardly criticizing the Islamic extremist viewpoints. Both politicians went into hiding after the murder of Theo Van Gogh.


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Dutch Court Blocking Extradiction of Possible Terror Suspect to US

A Dutch Court is rususing to extradite a man of Egyptian descent known only as "MA" to the US. They say by doing so, the man's fundemental legal rights would not be guaranteed.

"MA" is wanted on charges of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud in connection and conspiracy to commit fraud in connection to helping an AQ terrorist cell related to a Detroit case has been in Dutch custody for 8 months.

The crux of the problem lies with the request that the dutch asked that "MA" have UNLIMITED ACCESS TO A DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO A JUDGE. The US, which does not practice law in that manner, found this request "unwanted and unnecessary".

US authorities, who sought to prosecute the Dutch born suspect on telecommunications fraud related to the Detroit case, will appeal the ruling.


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