Duuh.how about: he's a terrorist? Bruce Pakistani court orders explanation for detention of head of militant-linked Islamic group By ASIF SHAHZAD Associated Press Writer LAHORE, Pakistan A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered an eastern provincial government to explain why a prominent militant-linked religious leader has been placed under house arrest, a lawyer said.
Hafiz Mohammed Saeed was put in detention at his home by police in Lahore on Thursday, apparently to stop him from leading a rally in the Punjab capital. Saeed's lawyer, Nazir Ahmed Ghazi, said the Lahore High Court has directed authorities to explain Saeed's arrest after his wife filed a petition seeking his release. No official comment was immediately available, and a government lawyer is expected to present arguments at the next hearing on Aug. 23, said Ghazi. Saeed leads Jamat al-Dawat, an Islamic charity that he set up after the Pakistani government in 2002 banned Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, a militant group that he previously headed. Neighboring India has accused Lashkar-e-Tayyaba of involvement in terrorist attacks including the July 11 commuter train bombings in Bombay that killed 207 people. In May, the United States designated Jamat al-Dawat a terrorist organization for having links with Lashkar-e-Tayyaba. The provincial government has given "vague and baseless" reasons for arresting Saeed, alleging that if he addressed a rally or a public meeting, it could undermine law and order, Ghazi added. "He was arrested to please India," Ghazi said. Newspaper reports have claimed Jamat al-Dawat may have provided funds to suspects in the foiled plot to blow up flights between Britain and the United States. Jamat al-Dawat and Pakistani authorities have denied any link between Saeed or his group and the alleged plotters. 060816 112852 Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. FAIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with "Fair Use" criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The principle of "Fair Use" was established as law by Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. "Fair Use" legally eliminates the need to obtain permission or pay royalties for the use of previously copyrighted materials if the purposes of display include "criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research." Section 107 establishes four criteria for determining whether the use of a work in any particular case qualifies as a "fair use". A work used does not necessarily have to satisfy all four criteria to qualify as an instance of "fair use". Rather, "fair use" is determined by the overall extent to which the cited work does or does not substantially satisfy the criteria in their totality. If you wish to use 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 THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- 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/
