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Palestinian deported to Belgium arrested for local crime
Update from yesterdays story, edited for new stuff:Belgian police arrested in Brussels a gang of local gangsters suspected of a series of armed robberies of postal offices.. One of the men arrested, identified by the authorities only as Khalid Al N., is a Palestinian explosives expert, who was deported to Belgium in May 2002, after a five-week standoff of armed Palestinians in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Thatâs Khalil Mouhammad Abdallah al-Nawawreh, folks. According to Belgian media sources, Khalid was heavily involved with local organized crime groups and was dealing with explosives on a daily basis. He was in possession of firearms and explosives at the time of his arrest. Tap..tap..nope. The Belgian newspaper De Standaard reported another member of the arrested group is known to have links with fundamentalist Muslim groups. It is yet unclear if the money obtained from the various thefts was used to finance Palestinian terror. Wouldnât be surprised at all. The Belgian Interior Ministry said Khalid became involved with people with a criminal past in June and maintained the contacts, despite official advice. "We told him that hanging out at the pool hall would lead to no good, but would he listen to us?" "During one of four searches ... to solve a series of attacks on postal offices, he was discovered at the home of one of his contacts," the Interior Ministry said. Initial reports of the arrest raid excluded information of Khalid identity. Iâll just bet they wanted to cover this up. When word did come out of his notorious past, it was stated that for his first few weeks in the country, Khalid was under police supervision. Later on, the supervision was downgraded to a mandatory monthly visit to the local police station, an order with which Khalid failed to comply. Fred, you were right. They are that stupid. "The Jewish community is shocked and outraged," Michael Zevi Freilich, a journalist for a local Jewish newspaper, commented on the arrest. "That a known terrorist should be free to engage in criminal activity and be discovered only at a chance raid is a disgrace for the Belgian Government and security services. Itâs Baja France, what do you expect? Posted by: Steve 2003-12-18 |
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