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| Frenchies toss Algerian thug's brother |
| 2003-01-04 |
| French police Friday arrested Brahim Chalabi, the younger brother of a suspected Algerian Islamic militant leader, and were preparing to deport him to Algeria, his lawyer said. The planned deportation comes despite a request from the European Court of Human Rights for Brahim Chalabi, just released from prison, to remain in France, his lawyer Alain Mikowski said. Chalabi, 41, was arrested as he was released from Chateauroux prison in central France after serving a four-year sentence for belonging to a "terrorist" group. "Terrorist" groups "kill" people. His brother, Mohamed Chalabi, is believed to head up the Chalabi network, a movement which supports the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) responsible for much of the bloodshed that has wracked Algeria since 1992. Mikowski said his client was being held in a special security zone in Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport and was to be transferred to Orly airport Saturday and flown to Algeria. His wife, Karima Chalabi, issued a statement Friday saying she was a French citizen, and, like their four children, her husband was born in France and had never lived in Algeria. However, Brahim Chalabi has been banned from staying in France by French authorities. Because they have enough terrorists... He had lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights, which in turn had requested that Chalabi be allowed to stay in France until the matter is heard and for Paris to supply guarantees that Chalabi would not be maltreated by Algerian authorities if deported. "Not only does he not know anyone in Algeria, but he is going to 'disappear' as soon as he arrives, like the others from the trial. He will be met by guys from Algerian military security, and they are no choir boys," said Mikowski. Sounds like a fine idea to me... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Does that translate as"A good reason for a Coup"? |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-01-05 07:24:24 |
| #2 Eh bien, raison d'etat, monsieur.... |
| Posted by: Tom Roberts 2003-01-04 21:24:55 |
| #1 Well! First their unilateral action in Africa, now defying the "European Court of Human Rights"! Is Dubya taking notes so he has something to fling into Chirac's face the next time the latter blathers about the US being unilateral and defiant of international institutions? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-01-04 17:35:47 |