March 7, 2005 Moroccan Sept. 11 Suspect Appears in UK Court By REUTERS
Filed at 11:06 a.m. ET LONDON (Reuters) - A Moroccan man facing extradition to Spain for suspected terrorism offences connected to the Sept. 11 attacks could face torture in his homeland if the request were granted, a defense lawyer said Monday. Farid Hilali is believed to be linked to suspected Spanish al Qaeda cell leader, Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, also known as Abu Dahdah. Defense lawyer Edward Fitzgerald told Bow Street magistrates court that Hilali would face prejudice in Spain on grounds of race and religion, and that his prospects would be even worse if he returned to his homeland Morocco. ``If he is at some stage returned to Morocco, there is a real risk that he will be tortured and possibly subjected to the death penalty,'' Fitzgerald added. Spanish prosecutors said in a European arrest warrant that a man calling himself Shakur -- an alias for 35-year-old Hilali -- phoned Abu Dahdah several times in the month before the U.S. attacks. ``Hilali tells Abu Dahdah that he had a month to go and that he had some important matters to do ... that he had entered into the aviation sector, that he had slit the throat of the bird,'' a European arrest warrant said. Hilali has been held at Belmarsh high security prison in London on charges of illegal immigration since September 2003 and on suspected terror offences following Spain's extradition request. The trial was adjourned to April 21. <http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-court-extraditio n.html?pagewanted=print&position> http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-court-extradition .html?pagewanted=print&position= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- 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: [email protected] 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/ <*> 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/
