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| Spain keeps Arab reporter in jail |
| 2003-09-11 |
| A Spanish judge has ordered a correspondent from the Arabic news channel, al-Jazeera, to remain in jail without bail as police investigate his alleged links with al-Qaeda. Under Spanish law, Judge Baltasar Garzon had until Thursday to decide whether there was sufficient evidence to keep Mr Alouni in detention or else release him. During three hours of questioning by the judge on Monday, the reporter denied claims that he had supported al-Qaeda and helped organise a Muslim fundamentalist cell. "Lies, all lies!" He has said he delivered money to Syrian exiles in Afghanistan and Turkey as a gesture of solidarity, but denied supporting terrorists. "So I delivered Police suspect that Mr Alouni gave support to a suspected militant, Edin Barakat Yarkas, also known as Abu Dahdah. Mr Yarkas was arrested in Spain in November 2001 on suspicion of being the leader of a Muslim fundamentalist cell in the country. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 If he was a mathematician, he could calculate pi out to umteen places on the walls of his prison cell. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-11 4:27:10 PM |
| #1 Some writers do there best work in solitude. He also can get many exclusives on stories by interviewing his fellow inmates. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-11 3:18:20 PM |