Terrorism can NOT be dealt with by the judicial system... Bruce
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.164867000&par=0 ITALY: FIVE TUNISIANS ACQUITTED OF TERROR CHARGES Milan, 9 May (AKI) - A Milan court on Monday cleared five Tunisians accused of helping planning terrorist attacks outside Italy and of recruiting militant foreign fighters. Four of the five men were convicted of lesser charges, including criminal association, forging documents and facilitating illegal immigration, and sentenced to between 2 and a half and four and a half years in prison. All four convicted men will be expelled from Italy as soon as they have served their jail sentences. The court handed down jail terms of four years and six months to Abdelhakim Ben Said Cherif, Nassim Saadi and Fadhal Saadi. Ben Haifa Ben Ahmed Rouine Lazher got a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence, while Hamadi Ben Abdlaziz Buyahia was cleared of all charges against him and the court ordered his immediate release. "I hope this sentence will atone for the unjust suffering caused by preventative custody," Antonio Nebuloni, the lawyer who defended Buyahia was quoted saying. The charge of "subversive association aimed at international terrorism" was introduced in legislation the Italian government rushed through after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. "In this case, the actions on trial were minor and the sentences are appropriately modest," said Nebuloni. "Terrorism cannot be combatted by a law that was passed in five minutes," he added. So far, not a single suspect has been convicted under the new Italian anti-terror legislation. Based on phone-taps, and the testimonies of three fellow Tunisians who collaborated with magistrates, prosecutors alleged the defendants were members of Ansar al-Islam, a fiercely anti-American group based in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. The group is believed to have links to Osama bin Landen's al-Qaeda network. The five Tunisian suspects were charged with providing Ansar al-Islam with fresh recruits for a training camp in Afghanistan, false documents and logistical support, as well as facilitating illegal immigration. The lawer for the alleged leader of the five Tunisians, Sandro Clementi, said the suspects had denied the charges of international terrorism. The evidence only showed that the suspects harboured anti-American and anti-Italian sentiment; there was not enough evidence to prove the terrorism allegation, Clementi said. (Ajd/Aki) May-09-05 19:33 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/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/
