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| British Pakistani acquitted of 7/7 charges |
| 2005-12-23 |
| A local court acquitted on Thursday Zeeshan Siddiqui, a British national of Pakistani origin and a July 7 London bombing suspect, after prosecution failed to prove the charges against him. Mohsin Ali Turk, the judicial magistrate presiding over the trial court, said the prosecution had failed to prove allegations of impersonation and possession of fake identity card against the foreigner. On December 14, the trial court had reserved its judgement after hearing the statements of NADRA and CID officials. âThankâs God, I have been proved innocent,â Siddiqui said. He told Daily Times that he was the first British national of Pakistani origin who was not only severely tortured but was treated an enemy of Pakistan. He claimed that he had been held for eight months without any cause. Siddiqui was arrested on May 17 from Shabqadar Tehsil, in district Charsadda for having links with Al-Qaeda and complicity in the London July 7 bombings. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "the prosecution had failed to prove allegations of impersonation and possession of fake identity card" Perhaps they were just in a hurry to let him fade away. "He claimed that he had been held for eight months without any cause. Siddiqui was arrested on May 17" That's only seven months and a few days. He's taking lessons from Saddam and screaming whiplash before the real neck trauma. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-23 11:21 |
| #2 I think the idea with not prosecuting Saddam is that if convicted of one execution worthy crime that can be absolutely proved, he's just as dead. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2005-12-23 08:16 |
| #1 Yesterday a 7/21 accomplice was arrested as he landed at Heathrow. Today a 7/7 accomplice is acquitted. Artful. Reminds me of the US government's less-than-energetic cooperation the the prosecutions of 9/11 accomplices in European courts. Or the US gov't's nonexistent prosecution of Hussain Hashem Al-Hussaini, despite Jayna Davis's extensive documentation. |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-12-23 03:15 |