http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/16/europe/EU-GEN-Turkey-Britain-Beheading.php
Report: Suspected al-Qaida militant questioned in Turkey over British engineer's beheading in Iraq ANKARA, Turkey: A Turkish prosecutor, in the presence of British police officials, on Tuesday questioned a suspected al-Qaida militant over the decapitation of British engineer Kenneth Bigley in Iraq, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported. Loa'i Mohammed Haj Bakr al-Saqa --- a Syrian who is on trial in Istanbul accused of masterminding a series of suicide bombings in the city --- allegedly presided over an informal court that sentenced Bigley to death in Iraq in accordance with Islamic sharia law, his former lawyer, Osman Karahan, claimed back in April. The 62-year-old Briton was kidnapped Sept. 16, 2004, with two American co-workers for Gulf Services Co. All three were beheaded. Bigley's death was confirmed Oct. 10, 2004, but his body has never been found. Anatolia said al-Saqa was interrogated for 1 1/2 hours by Turkish prosecutor Huseyin Canan in the northwestern city of Kocaeli. A diplomat from the British Embassy, three British police officials, interpreters and a lawyer representing the Syrian were present, the agency reported. During questioning, Al-Saqa reportedly told Canan that an unnamed television station based in the United Arab Emirates had footage of Bigley's beheading, which may hold answers to his murder, Anatolia reported. Anatolia said the British officers presented written questions for al-Saqa to answer, but gave no other details. Al-Saqa's lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment. The British Embassy said it was not able to comment on police matters. More than 70 suspected al-Qaida militants --- including al-Saqa --- are on trial in Istanbul for alleged involvement in a series of suicide bombings that killed 58 people in the city in 2003. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
