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Expelled Palestinian arrested in Belgium
2003-12-17
One of 13 Palestinians expelled from Israel in May 2002 following the Bethlehem Basilica siege was arrested along with seven others during a police raid in the Brussels region Tuesday. Khalil Mouhammad Abdallah al-Nawawreh, 25, was arrested on suspicion of involvement in two bomb attacks carried out on post offices in Brakel and Court-Saint-Etienne in February 2003, where burglars managed to escape with EUR 213,000. Two of the eight apprehended were sent to appear before Audenarde court, and two to a Brussels court. Al-Nawawreh had been working in Belgium as a mason, was a football fan and activist in the military group Tanzim-Fatah. He had been under high surveillance upon his arrival but police interest in the man was later relaxed as he was not thought to be a threat to the community.
I try not to use bad language on this site, but somehow I can't get the expression "incompetent fucks" out of my head...
Posted by:seafarious

#3  Khalil, I'm so disappointed in you. And so not surprised...
Posted by: tu3031   2003-12-17 8:37:14 PM  

#2  He had been under high surveillance upon his arrival but police interest in the man was later relaxed as he was not thought to be a threat to the community.

The polizei probably thought that al-Nawawreh wasn't a threat to HIS community. As for being a threat to others, well, that's a different story...
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-12-17 4:09:15 PM  

#1  Al-Nawawreh... was a football fan...
Meaning the bombs may not have had anything to do with terrorism? Maybe he's just a yob.
Posted by: snellenr   2003-12-17 3:01:53 PM  

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