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| Ansar al-Islam Plot Suspects Go On Trial In Germany |
| 2006-06-13 |
| Stuttgart, 13 June (AKI) - Three Iraqis suspected of being members of the Kurdish al-Qaeda linked Ansar al-Islam terror formation were scheduled to go on trial on Tuesday at a court in Stuttgart, southern Germany, in connection with an alleged December 2004 plot to kill Iraq's then-prime minister, Ayad Allawi - a secular Shiite - during a visit to Germany. The three suspects were names as Ata A. R. , 31, of Stuttgart, Mazen A.H., 23, of Augsburg, and Rafik M.Y., 31, of Berlin. Ata A. R. , Mazen A.H. and Rafik M.Y. are among 18 suspected members of Ansar al-Islam and al-Qaeda' in Iraq arrested by the German authorities since December 2004. |
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