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11-M bombing mastermind 'acquitted by mistake' 6 November 2007 MADRID - The court in charge of the March 11 Madrid train bombing trial which reached its verdict last Wednesday made a mistake in acquitting Rabei Osman el Sayed, also known as ' The Egyptian' of the charge of belonging to a terrorist group. The panel of three judges overseeing the case of the 2004 train bombings that killed 191 people decided to apply the principle of <i>non bis in idem</i>, which stipulates that nobody can be punished twice for the same crime. That decision was based on the fact that El Sayed had already been convicted in Italy in November 2006 for a crime equivalent to belonging to a terrorist organization - not because they doubted that he was a terrorist. The Italian court sentenced El Sayed to a 10-year prison term, but the ruling was appealed and reduced to eight years. Even that decision will be appealed again, said El Sayed's attorney Monday. Because the Italian sentence is not yet final, acquitting El Sayed of the charge constitutes a major legal mistake, experts say, pointing to the fact that the notes accompanying last week's March 11 ruling clearly state that a final sentence is necessary in order to apply the principle of <i>non bis in idem</i>. [Copyright EL PAÍS, SL.] [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/
