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| Spain acquits Sept 11 suspect of conspiracy charge |
| 2006-06-01 |
| Spain's High Court acquitted on Thursday a man accused of conspiring to help commit the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, court papers said. Judicial sources said the man, known as Abu Dahdah, would serve 12 years in jail for leading a terrorist group rather than the full 27 years to which he had been sentenced. Abu Dahdah, whose full name is Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, was accused of being an al Qaeda member. "We must absolve, and we do absolve, Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas of the crime of conspiracy to commit terrorist murder for which he was accused," the court document said. It added that other convictions of Abu Dahdah still stood. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 Well, that and the Bush administration never provided any evidence, and never pushed for extradition. You see, Yarkas is exiled Syrian Brotherhood, which in turn had a state sponsor in Iraq. And if the Bush points the finger at Iraq again, al-Douri gives the word to mail some more of that neato-o keen trillion CFU/g anthrax. This is why Saddam will be on perpetual trial. He's willing to negotiate, you see. |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2006-06-01 16:42 |
| #2 Because the EUropeans will never let that person face a death penalty trial in the US. No chance in hell of Spain extraditing him. At some later date he will likely be part of a dhimi operation and traded for a Spaniard who gets kidnapped due to an act of their own stupidity. That is how it works right? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-01 15:46 |
| #1 How can they absolve somebody for mass murder in a 3rd country? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-06-01 12:19 |