Wrist slapping. B http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/65160.html Paris court increases sentences of 9 of 12 Muslim terrorists A Paris court of appeals on Tuesday sentenced 12 Muslim radicals to between 3 months and 10 years in jail for planned terrorist attacks on the Eiffel Tower and Paris department stores. While acquitting one of the total 13 accused, the appeals court stiffened the sentences in nine of the cases from the original June 2006 court decision that saw the trial of 25 suspected Muslim extremists.
Known as the "Chechen Connection" owing to their involvement in fighting in the Chechen War against Russia, the 12 were also found guilty to planning attacks on police stations and Israeli facilities. Some of the convicts had belonged to the militant Algerian Islamist Group GIA or in other circles connected with the international terrorist network al-Qaeda. The leader of the "Chechen" group, Algerian Said Arif (41), who is believed to have frequently visited al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, saw his nine-year sentence increased to 10 years, of which two thirds will be under heightened security. The sentence of the group's 32-year-old financier, Nourredine Merabet, remained at 9 years, under which two-thirds will be under heightened security. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- 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/
