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| Dutch Re-Arrest Qaida Suspect for U.S. Extradition |
| 2014-11-22 |
[AnNahar] Dutch authorities have re-incarceratedBook 'im, Mahmoud! a Dutch-Pak Al-Qaeda suspect wanted by the United States, saying on Friday that all obstacles in his long-running extradition case had been cleared. "Sabir K. was detained again last (Thursday) night on the order of the public prosecutor's office for extradition to the United States," the office said in a statement. A Dutch court last year blocked the extradition of the man identified only as Sabir K. to stand trial for alleged acts of terror including planning a suicide kaboom on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan's Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... in 2010. The 27-year-old Sabir K. said that the U.S. played a role in what he said was his torture in Pakistain following his arrest more than four years ago. The Dutch court in its verdict last year in July said that "certain questions were raised about the role played by the United States in Sabir K.'s arrest in Pakistain." Without proof that the U.S. was not involved in his alleged torture, extradition would be illegal, the court said. Dutch authorities however said on Friday they received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice last month which denies any involvement in Sabir K's detention in Pakistain. "According to the (Dutch) Security and Justice Minister (Ivo Opstelten) this hurdle to prevent extradition has been removed," the public prosecutor's statement said. "The decision was taken once additional information was sent from the U.S.," public prosecutor front man Wim de Bruin told AFP, adding that an actual date for the extradition had not been set. Sabir K.'s lawyer Andre Seebregts said he would file an urgent request to have his client freed and to stop the extradition. "There are no legal grounds to extradite him," Seebregts told AFP. He also complained about what he termed the "heavy-handed approach" by an armed police team who arrested Sabir K. in The Hague, where he has been living for months. Arrested in Pakistain, Sabir K. was brought back in April 2011 to the Netherlands, where a string of court rulings have accepted and then rejected his extradition. |
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