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2004-03-18 Europe
Zougam’s been watched for quite some time
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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-03-18 1:08:16 AM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 This story should serve as a timely warning to those in the UK who bemoan the fact that we hold suspected Islamofascists without trial.

Associate yourself with nutcases Mahmoud and we'll have you in the nick.
Posted by Howard UK 2004-3-18 5:11:59 AM||   2004-3-18 5:11:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#2  "two Spanish officials said they had been unable to develop enough evidence to charge him with any crime"

Another example of why the "law enforcement" approach doesn't work (as if we needed one).
Posted by virginian 2004-3-18 7:06:45 AM||   2004-3-18 7:06:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 
they had been unable to develop enough evidence to charge him with any crime

How much evidence did they need to deport him?

What legal status did Zougam have to be in Spain? Did he have a work permit?

Was his little cell phone business obeying all tax laws, labor laws, fire codes, nit-noy regulations? Did all the business's employees have work permits and pay their income taxes properly?

If I had to choose between 1) Spanish soldiers guarding sites in Iraq and 2) Spanish government officials simply enforcing Spanish laws against all Moslem radicals operating openly in Spain, then I would choose the latter. That's what I hope might belatedly change now.
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Posted by Mike Sylwester  2004-3-18 7:37:26 AM||   2004-3-18 7:37:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 From Aunty, today:

Blunkett loses anti-terror appeal

Home Secretary David Blunkett has lost his challenge in the Court of Appeal to a previous ruling that the detention of a Libyan was unjustified.

The special tribunal's ruling has said the man - known as M - was held on "wholly unreliable evidence".

The man has been detained without trial inside the top security Belmarsh Prison in south-east London for more than 15 months.

Mr Blunkett has been refused the right to appeal against the decision

Absolutely brilliant. Well done to our judiciary. This twat will prob be a human boom by this time next year.

Posted by Howard UK 2004-3-18 10:06:59 AM||   2004-3-18 10:06:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Mike Sylwester: Eternal Optismist.

I hope you are right, but I know in my heart you are wrong. When has a Socialist ever 'done the right thing'?
Posted by AllahHateMe 2004-3-18 10:09:59 AM||   2004-3-18 10:09:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 To some degree this highlights the problem police/intelligence agencies face when dealing with foreign agents, that is, how to decide when its more valuable to arrest/deport them versus the value in watching them and learning about their contacts and patterns of behavior. Obviously they waited too long in this instance, but hindsight is invariably 20/20.
Posted by Dakotah 2004-3-18 12:35:31 PM||   2004-3-18 12:35:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Yep, there he goes. Oh, look. He's getting on a train...
Posted by tu3031 2004-3-18 10:33:15 PM||   2004-3-18 10:33:15 PM|| Front Page Top

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