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What is interesting about this is that there seems to be no justification under Bosnian law for handing them over to the USA. It appears that Bosnia is a US puppet, unable to deny any request from the world superpower, even an illegal one. I think it's a case of them making up the law as they go along. Steve K. ______________________________________________________ >From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Bosnian authorities give 6 Algerians to US [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] >Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 07:43:28 -0500 > >HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK >--------------------------- > > >AP. 18 January 2002. Bosnian Authorities Hand Over Six Algerians Held on >Suspicion of Terrorist Links. > >SARAJEVO -- Bosnia turned over six Algerians suspected of having >terrorist links to U.S. military authorities early Friday, despite a >ruling by the country's highest court that they be released. > >The men, who were rounded up after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, are >now in the custody of U.S. forces, said Naval Cmdr. Rex Totty, a >spokesman for the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. > >A senior U.S. official in Europe, speaking on condition of anonymity, >told The Associated Press they would be taken within days to the U.S. >naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where dozens of al-Qaida and Taliban >prisoners are detained. > >"We don't want them to stay in the theater very long," the official >said. > >The United States requested the handover after Bosnia's highest court >cited a lack of evidence in ordering the men's release Thursday. > >It was not immediately clear where the men were or if they had left the >country. U.S. Maj. Mike Odom, spokesman for the NATO-led peacekeeping >force in Bosnia, would only say the six were taken to a "secure >location." > >The handover early Friday came after an all-night standoff outside the >jail in Sarajevo where the men had been held since October. > >Hours after the court's late night order, crowds formed outside the >holding facility. > >Some 300 family members, friends and other supporters of the six men >expressed alarm about rumors that they were to be extradited out of the >country. > >Police using batons dispersed the crowd at about 5 a.m. and the men were >driven away. > >Most of the men worked for various Islamic humanitarian agencies in >Bosnia and one had Algerian, Bosnian and Yemeni passports, officials >said. > >Authorities withdrew the men's Bosnian citizenship while they were in >jail. > >The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights said the six were detained >without being charged or presented with the evidence against them and >had been interrogated without lawyers present. > >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > >Barry Stoller >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
