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| Man Arrested With Grenade Is Charged |
| 2003-02-18 |
| A Venezuelan man arrested at London's Gatwick airport for carrying a live hand grenade in his luggage was ordered Monday to appear in court next week on terrorism charges. They still keep calling him Venezuelan. Hasil Mohammed Rahaham-Alan, 37, identified himself during Monday's hearing and said he lived in Caracas, Venezuela. He did not enter a plea and his next hearing was scheduled for Feb. 24. Funny name for a Venezuelan, isn't it? Rahaham-Alan was arrested last week during a huge security alert when the army placed more than 400 troops at Heathrow airport west of London and stepped up security at other airports. Rahaham-Alan had a Venezuelan passport and arrived on a flight from Caracas, police said. Officers said they found a grenade in his luggage and shut Gatwick's North Terminal for several hours. He was charged Sunday night with possession of an explosive, possession of an article for terrorist purposes and carrying a dangerous item on a flight. Sounds serious. In a separate hearing, a 33-year-old Algerian man was jailed for four months for having a fake passport. Took them long enough to tell us he's one of those Algerian, er, North Africans, didn't it? |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 "Me do new high tech elk hunting technique :me learn of it from Allah in a vision. P.S. There are also lots of dead infidels in the vision,too." |
| Posted by: Hugh Jorgan 2003-02-18 22:35:16 |
| #5 "Me do new high tech elk hunting technique :me learn of it from Allah in a vision. P.S. There are also lots of dead infidels in the vision,too." |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-02-18 22:34:57 |
| #4 Nah, the French won't free Carlos the Jackal. He attacked the French. You attack the French, the French kidnap you and throw you in a jail cell to rot without trial. (Or they blow up your boat if you're Greenpeace.) The French just are all hypocritical about other people standing up for their own interests. |
| Posted by: John Thacker 2003-02-18 16:39:07 |
| #3 To CHUCK: yes. the jackal's name is Vladimir Ilich (that is the name of lenin) Sanchez and he is from Venezuela. The Venezuelan president recently asked france to give the man back to Venezuela (the jackal is in jail in france, unless they have freed him in the last weeks to be helped against the ...war). That would have meant freedom for the monster but fortunately Chavez has other problems now. |
| Posted by: Poitiers 2003-02-18 12:23:29 |
| #2 Isn't Carlos the Jackel a Venezuelan? |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-02-18 11:33:12 |
| #1 No, no. The Algerian guy's a leftover. (I hate it when they change subjects without warning!) Hasil's reported to be a Bangla by origin. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-02-18 11:12:10 |