| This is the second terror suspect to fight extradition to France. Why? |
[AnNahar] A French terror suspect tossed in the calabooseDon't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
in weekend raids in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam is fighting his extradition to La Belle France, Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday.
The 32-year-old, identified by Dutch media only as Anis B., will remain in jug in the Netherlands, where a court has to decide within 90 days whether to grant a request from Gay Paree to extradite him, the Amsterdam prosecutor said in a statement.
The man is wanted by La Belle France for "involvement in a criminal organization linked to a terrorist enterprise," the prosecutor said.
He was arrested on Sunday at Gay Paree's request suspected of receiving orders from the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group to attack targets in La Belle France.
He appeared before an Amsterdam court on Tuesday and was remanded in jug. The court also ruled he could only have contact with his lawyers and not with other people.
He must appear again this time in a public hearing within 60 days. But no date has been set for that.
La Belle France had sought Anis B.'s arrest after French police there said they had thwarted an attack by a man called Reda Kriket, 34, who was caught on Thursday.
French police discovered several assault rifles and explosives at Kriket's apartment in a Gay Paree suburb.
Heavily-armed Dutch police then raided a home in the west of Rotterdam late Sunday following the French investigation.
Police found ammunition, SIM cards, hard drives, cash and drugs in the raids, during which several houses in the area were evacuated.
Three other men were also detained in the operation, including two suspects of Algerian origin aged 43 and 47. No immediate details were available about the third man.
They are also being held on suspicion of involvement in terror attacks, Dutch media reported.
The Netherlands was already on heightened alert after the airport and metro attacks in Brussels a week ago, with security stepped up at airports and train stations and border controls tightened.
Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur on Tuesday told parliament he expected Anis B. "to be extradited to La Belle France soon."