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| Norway court acquits 3 defendants accused of plotting attacks against Israeli, U.S. embassies |
| 2008-06-04 |
| A court on Tuesday acquitted three defendants in Norway's first terrorism trial since anti-terror laws were strengthened after the the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. The Oslo City Court said there was insufficient evidence against Arfan Bhatti and two other suspects to convict them of plotting attacks against Israeli and U.S. embassies in 2006. But the court found Bhatti guilty of possessing illegal firearms. Bhatti, 30, and a second man were accused of firing 13 shots at Norway's main synagogue during the night of Sept. 17, 2006. No one was hurt in the attack. Bhatti and the third suspect also faced charges of plotting an attack against the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Oslo. They were found innocent. The charges of plotting embassy attacks - which never took place - partly were based on a police recording of the suspects talking about ways to attack the embassies. The trial opened in the Oslo court on March 31. It was Norway's first anti-terror case after the country tightened security and legislation in the wake of 2001 attacks in the United States. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 tw - I'd laugh, but I think I'll cry instead. |
| Posted by: Sninert Black9312 2008-06-04 17:20 |
| #6 So the charge of plotting attacks on the embassies was based on a recording of the three men plotting attacks on the three embassies? Yes, I'd acquit them, too. /sarcasm |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-06-04 14:08 |
| #5 Hey, it's their culture. Who are we to judge? /the left |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-06-04 09:22 |
| #4 make that western civilization. |
| Posted by: Sninert Black9312 2008-06-04 04:31 |
| #3 re: message received: You'd think at some point westerner civilization would also get "The Message". And that message is that Islamists and other tyrants do not see appeasment as a reason to back off; they see it as a weakness that can be further exploited for their own gain. For some reason, there are large portions of the western world that simply can not grasp this obvious concept. |
| Posted by: Sninert Black9312 2008-06-04 04:30 |
| #2 Message received |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-06-04 04:17 |
| #1 The Yemen of the North. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-06-04 00:21 |