http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/16/2120045.htm?section=justin
Lebanese man faces trial for German train bomb attempt Posted Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:49pm AEDT A Lebanese man will go on trial on Tuesday (local time) charged with attempted murder over a botched bombing plot against commuter trains in Germany. The 23-year-old defendant, Yusef Mohammed al-Hajj Dib, is one of two men prosecutors believe placed suitcases containing homemade explosives on two trains as they passed through the western city of Cologne in July last year. The devices failed to detonate, averting an almost certain bloodbath in what German officials said was a bid to copy the train blasts in Madrid and London. "A detonation would have in both cases led to a significant wave of pressure; lighter fluid in the 'bomb trolleys' could have set off a fireball," prosecutors said in the charge sheet. Dib could face life in prison. He has maintained his silence in police questioning. A charge of belonging to a terrorist organisation that was originally considered against him was dropped because German investigators do not have a third suspect in the case - a requirement under the legal definition of a terror group. The second suspect, fellow Lebanese national Jihad Hamad, has been on trial since April in Beirut. Hamad has told German television that they were seeking revenge for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in European newspapers. Prosecutors say they were also angered by the killing last year by the US military of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born Al Qaeda leader in Iraq. [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/ <*> 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/
