In fact, as of yesterday the Swedish government has detained Chatty for an additional two weeks. Unlike Ashcroft, for whom such legal requirements seem irrelevant now that 'we are at war,' the Swedes seem to be following due process.
There seems to be zero reason to assert that he has been 1) released, or 2) found innocent. That their justice and military people are saying different things should not alarm us, either: of necessity and culture, the military of any country have one standard, and the justice people another. Cheers, Lawry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of pete > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Pronounced innocent > > > > On Mon, 02 Sep 2002, Keith Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >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to substantiate" claims originally made by the Swedish Defence 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. > > Wow, Keith, you really are sliding comfortably into the conspiracy > mindset. Slippery slope, you know :^) >
