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| South Africa not a staging ground for al-Qaeda |
| 2005-11-21 |
| South Africa was not a staging platform for al-Qaeda terror attacks, National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi said on Monday. He was speaking to journalists in Cape Town at the opening of a three-day Interpol African workshop on the prevention of bio-terrorism. He said South Africa had "received" people associated with al-Qaeda and might very well have a few people who sympathised with the organisation. However the police ably and capably dealt with them. "It isn't a big problem. It is a problem that we must be alive to at all times," he said. "So we are no staging platform or a conduit... for attacks." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 Selebi 'lays down the law' 29/05/2004 14:59 - (SA) Police chief Jackie Selebi poses with the uncomfortable shoes. (Retha Fourie, Die Burger) Retha Fourie Lebowakgomo - Police officers should arrest lawyers who interfere with their duties, police chief Jackie Selebi said at the opening of a new provincial police uniform shop in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, on Friday. Selebi was referring to the arrest of six Chinese citizens who tried to enter the country illegally at the Johannesburg International Airport. A lawyer apparently came to the aid of the men. I like this dude! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-11-21 20:44 |