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Bungle frees al-Qa'ida suspects
By Il Giornale, Italian newspaper and Richard Owen, Rome
25oct01
A JUDICIAL bungle has allowed nine suspects linked to the al-Qa'ida
group to go on the run in Italy,
where police fear they are plotting further terrorist attacks.
The nine who absconded were among 14 Algerians who had been scheduled
to stand trial in Milan this week. They had been given bail because
prosecutors failed to translate legal documents into Arabic
correctly.
FBI chiefs, who have been sharing intelligence with European forces
on al-Qa'ida's international links, were said yesterday to be
astounded at the mistake, seen as the biggest security lapse in the
crackdown on Osama bin Laden.
Some of those on the run are believed to have been plotting bomb and
chemical attacks in Europe. Their disappearance has jeopardised the
efforts of those in Britain, Germany and Spain who were investigating
the plans.
Tapped telephone conversations show that al-Qa'ida agents in Italy
were planning a crude chemical attack using a poison gas hidden in
tomato cans.
Bin Laden agents in Italy were also in contact with his followers in Britain. One
suspect who made regular trips to Italy � Lased bin Heni, a 31-year-old Libyan � is
said to have spoken directly to bin Laden about terrori
st plans for cities in Europe.
The nine Algerians were regular visitors to a mosque in Milan, which US authorities
have identified as a centre for bin Laden's operations in Europe.
All a police spokesman knew about the missing men was that "they have gone to ground"
and "could be anywhere planning attacks."
Leading Italian jurists, opposition MPs and newspapers condemned the bungle over the
Algerians, which they said had made the country a laughing stock and a liability among
its allies.
Two of the suspects are accused of involvement in the murder of two
policemen in Paris. Ambrogio Moccia, the presiding judge, said there
had been "serious defects in the official notification of three of
the defendants", and under Italian law he had no choice but to let
all the suspects go.
"This was an occasion for Italy to look the fear of terrorism in the
face and examine at close quarters the malaise of our time," said Il
Giornale, the Milan newspaper.
"Instead, we are witnessing an Italian fiasco. The world may have
changed after September 11 but evidently the Italian judicial system
has not."
The Times
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