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| Jail terms quashed for 9/11 accused |
| 2006-04-07 |
| SPAIN'S High Court has said overnight that it had quashed jail terms handed down to three of 18 Al-Qaeda operatives, including the Syrian head of a Spanish-based cell found to have helped to organise the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. According to court sources, the High Court freed Driss Chebli, Sadik Meriziak and Abdulaziz Benyaich after receiving notification from the Supreme Court that the trio's appeal would lead to their being absolved. Earlier, at the Supreme Court, the state prosecutor accepted Meriziak and Benyaich should be freed and said doubts surrounded the conviction of Chebli. Chebli was serving a six-year term for collaboration with a terrorist organisation but was due for release next year as he was only serving half the term owing to time spent on remand. Meriziak and Benyaich were serving eight years for the same crime. |
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