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Alleged Israeli spy sentenced to death in Algeria
[MIDDLEEASTMONITOR] An individual of Liberian nationality and Lebanese origin who was living illegally in Algeria has been sentenced to death by the criminal court of Ghardaia, reports ObservAlgerie.

Six other African nationals were sentenced to 10 years in prison and given fines of up to 20 million Algerian dinars after being tossed in the calaboose
You have the right to remain silent...
 in Ghardaia, 600 kilometres south of Algiers, as part of the operation to dismantle the spy cell.

Their arrests come amidst chaotic protests in the valley of the Mzabs over decades of economic marginalisation and the President Bouteflika
... 10th president-for-life of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third or fourth term. Maybe it's the fifth....
’s attempts to stay on for a fifth term.

The defendants were charged with espionage, organization of a criminal gang that undermined national security, printing, possession and dissemination of subversive documents that glorified terrorism.

The defendants pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
 and claimed the only reason they had crossed the Algerian border was in an attempt to reach Europe.
It’s a risky business, this wandering across the landscape to get to the Promised Land, and many fall by the wayside.
The case dates back to January 2016, when security services in Gherdaia announced they had dismantled an Israeli spy cell.
Ynet adds:
Moslem countries frequently accuse either locals or foreigners of spying for Israel. The most notable example, perhaps, is Leb. This past November, the country was in turmoil over the Ziad Itani affair, when the actor-director was placed in durance vile
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
 on suspicion of colluding with Israel.

It was revealed last month, however, that a former senior Lebanese intelligence services official had a hacker fabricate the supposedly damning phone calls served up as evidence of Itani's treachery. The official was arrested, and Itani was consequently released.
No such reprieve is likely in the case of transiting Moslem colonists, though.

Posted by: Fred 2018-04-25
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