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| Iraq-bound man placed under investigation in France |
| 2006-12-02 |
| A French engineering student who was expelled from Syria on suspicion of trying to join Islamists fighting U.S. forces in Iraq has been placed under formal French judicial investigation, a judicial source said on Friday. Moustapha el-Sanharawi, 20, from the central city of Tours, was arrested in mid-October on the Syrian-Iraqi border. He was a student at ENSTA, a French engineering institute, in Paris before leaving for Syria, the source said. Agents from the DST domestic intelligence service detained him on his arrival back in France on Wednesday. "He was placed under investigation for associating with wrong-doers in relation to a terrorist undertaking," the source said. In France, judges lead investigations before any charges are brought. Since 2004, French authorities have dismantled several networks ferrying young French Muslims to fight in Iraq, mostly passing via Syria. French intelligence said last year at least six French nationals had died in fighting in Iraq since 2003 and around 10 others were believed to be fighting alongside rebels. Authorities fear fighters returning from Iraq could form the core of new French terrorism networks. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ima hope this Investigation weighs about 1200 |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-12-02 11:18 |