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| Mummy Upset at Foopie's Arrest |
| 2004-08-02 |
| The mother of a key Tanzanian suspect arrested in connection with the bombing of two US embassies in East Africa has said her son is innocent. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, an alleged al-Qaeda militant with a $5m American bounty on his head, was captured in Pakistan on Sunday. In tears Mrs Bimkubwa Said Abdullah told the BBC that she feared her son would be tortured in custody. Mrs Said Abdullah said she hoped her son would receive a fair trial. The Tanzanian government has yet to comment on the arrest of its national. Tanzania's Foreign Affairs Minister Jakaya Kikwete said he learnt about the arrest from the media, and has not received any information from Pakistan. Mr Ghailani has been indicted in the US over the bombings of the American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, nearly six years ago. More than 200 people were killed in the two explosions, including 12 American citizens. Most of the victims were Kenyans and Tanzanians. In his early 30s and from the island of Zanzibar off Tanzania's coast, Mr Ghailani is described by his old friends as a reserved man and a good soccer player. He left the island six years ago, relatives say, to pursue his studies. Asha Muhammed, Mr Ghailani's first cousin, told the BBC's Ally Saleh in Zanzibar that he finds it hard to believe his cousin would be capable of harming anyone. |
| Posted by:Howard UK |
| #10 NOTE TO MAMA: If you're so worried about your son being tortured or getting a fair trial, maybe you should be more careful about how your child is trying to harm the one nation that routinely eschews such judicial improprieties. Oops, that requires logic, which is obviously in short supply around your neck of the woods. Maybe your kid's running around with a violent crowd wasn't such a good idea in a nation not well known for benevolent government or law enforcement. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-02 8:55:03 PM |
| #9 G*d D#m$@#, Jojo, where's my Circus Peanuts?! |
| Posted by: John F Kerry 2004-08-02 2:59:06 PM |
| #8 "has said her son is innocent." For some reason the word "innocent" and "He was captured in a fierce gun battle" dont seem to go together. |
| Posted by: jojo the amazing circus boy 2004-08-02 2:48:19 PM |
| #7 I recall similar laudatory comments being made by the neighbors and friends of Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacey and David Berkowitz. In all fairness, I'll bet he was a hell of student. My only question is how he could see the chalkboard in a dark cave in Afghanistan? |
| Posted by: Anonymous5969 2004-08-02 2:37:29 PM |
| #6 He left the island to pursue his studies. Thanks, BBC, for not mentioning where, but still that's all that needs to be said for us to know what he was up to. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-08-02 2:17:09 PM |
| #5 "No, no, don't put those panties on my.......say, are those silk?" |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-08-02 12:41:51 PM |
| #4 Mrs Said Abdullah said she hoped her son would receive a fair trial. OK. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-08-02 12:40:56 PM |
| #3 In tears Mrs Bimkubwa Said Abdullah told the BBC that she feared her son would be tortured in custody Dunk.. sploosh.. Wah! Dunk.. sploosh.. Wah! Dunk.. sploosh.. Wah! |
| Posted by: The Screaming Nun 2004-08-02 11:41:53 AM |
| #2 "If you just let my son go, I will cut off his internet priviledges..." |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2004-08-02 11:40:19 AM |
| #1 "He was a quiet boy..." |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-08-02 11:35:10 AM |