Here's a curious case of a man who has been found innocent even before he goes on trial.
Curious indeed. Kerim Chatty, who arrested by Swedish police as he attempted to board a Ryanair with a handgun in his washbag, along with a number of other Muslims going to a conference in England. Within an hour or two, it was revealed that Chatty, a devout Muslim with "strongly held anti-Western view of the world" had spent time in prison with Osama Kassir, with known Al Qaeda links, had learned to fly in America in 1996, was probably linked to a five-man terrorist cell, and was almost without doubt going to hijack the plane and crash it into a US embassy in Europe. If found guilty of hijacking, he would face a sentence of life time imprisonment. And then, suddenly, the whole sotry changed and he wasn't a suspected hikacker any longer! Margaretha Lindroth, Sweden's counter-intelligence chief, described all the talk as "blatantly untrue". There was "nothing to substantiate" claims originally made by the Swedish Defence establishment that he was linked to terrorist groups within fundamental Islam. Friends of his have emerged from the woodwork who described him as a nice chap "who probably forgot that he'd left his gun in his washbag" when he went to the airport. What a relief! He's innocent after all. He'll possibly only be charged with a minor misdemeanour. How clever of the Swedish authorities to establish the true facts of the case so quickly. How relieved Bush will be that it wasn't an intended Al Qaeda attack at all. That means he can carry on talking about wicked Iraq and not mention al Qaeda in his next speech. Keith Hudson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________
