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German financed the Bali bombings
A German under investigation for alleged terrorist connections after being deported from Indonesia has been linked to the financing of the Bali bombings by suspects in the attack, a German magazine reports. Seyam Reda, a German citizen of Egyptian descent, returned to Germany in July after serving a 10-month prison sentence for visa violations.
| I think that unless they're willing to change their names to "Hans" or "Fritz" and wear lederhosen they oughta be denied citizenship. But I guess that's just me... |
Federal prosecutors said he was being investigated on suspicion of supporting al-Qaeda, but no arrest warrant has been issued for him. The German weekly Der Spiegel said two suspects in the October 2002 Bali attacks in which 202 people died, including 88 Australians, said Reda helped finance the nightclub bombings on behalf of al-Qaeda via two Muslim foundations. It did not name the suspects. "We found terrorist payrolls on Reda," Muchyar Yara, a former spokesman for Indonesia's intelligence agency, was quoted as telling Der Spiegel. "Among the recipients was Imam Samudra," who has been sentenced to death for his part in the bombings.
Yep. Follow the money. Now the question is, where did Fritz Seyam get the dough he passed on to Imam Samudra? |
German federal prosecutors declined to comment on the report, saying only that Reda remained under investigation on suspicion of supporting al-Qaeda. "We have a very wide-ranging investigation," spokesman Hartmut Schneider said.
| "We're looking into where he got the moolah..." |
Reda was arrested in Jakarta in September 2002 for alleged links to al-Qaeda but Indonesian police later said they found no evidence to support that claim. Reda has denied any wrongdoing and said he was in Indonesia as a journalist.
| "Ja! I'm a reporter for Welt am Jihad!" |
Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-03-20 |
