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Ex-terror suspect can sue, judge rules 1 hour, 37 minutes ago DETROIT - A former suspect in a federal terrorism case who says he was mistreated while in jail can sue the county, a federal judge has ruled. ADVERTISEMENT Moroccan immigrant Karim Koubriti, 28, was held for three years in the Wayne County jail and claims he was strip searched, held in isolation for 23 hours a day and not allowed to exercise. U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman last week rejected the county's request to dismiss Koubriti's lawsuit, the Detroit Free Press reported Sunday. No trial date has been set. "The decision means he'll get his day in court and his say at trial," said Koubriti's lawyer, Ben Gonek of Detroit. He is seeking unspecified damages. Friedman's order dropped one count --- that being served pork at the jail violated Koubriti's Muslim faith and his constitutional rights. But he upheld three other counts, including Koubriti's claim that he was "repeatedly subjected to unlawful and unnecessary strip searches designed to humiliate and degrade him because of and in retaliation for his religious beliefs." The Wayne County Sheriff's Department had no immediate comment. Koubriti and three other Middle Eastern immigrants had been accused of forming a terror cell in the Detroit area. In 2003, Koubriti and Abdel-Ilah Elmardoudi were convicted of conspiracy to aid terrorists and document fraud. A third man was convicted of document fraud, and the fourth was acquitted of all charges. A federal judge later dismissed the convictions at the request of the Department of Justice, which said federal prosecutors in Detroit withheld evidence beneficial to the defendants. Koubriti is free on bail and staying in a halfway house. The government is seeking to retry him on charges of attempting to commit insurance fraud. +++ -------------------------- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
