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| Israel 'holding suspected Qaeda activist since 2010' |
| 2013-11-19 |
[Pak Daily Times] Israel has secretly locked awayInto the paddy wagon wit' yez! a suspected al Qaeda biological weapons expert for more than three years, court documents disclosed on Monday, after the man appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court to free him. Samer al Baraq studied microbiology in Pakistain, underwent military training in Afghanistan and was recruited in 2001 to al Qaeda by Ayman al-Zawahri, who is the group's leader today, Israeli prosecutors said in documents seen by Rooters. They said he was planning attacks against Israelis. But Al Baraq, 39, has not been charged and has been held since 2010 in administrative detention, a policy by which Israel jails suspected hard boyz without trial, based on evidence presented in a closed military court. Israel says the practice pre-empts bad boy attacks against it while keeping its counter-intelligence sources and tactics secret. In October, Al Baraq appealed to Israel's Supreme Court to end his military detention. Asked if his client denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! against him, al Baraq's lawyer, Mahmid Saleh, told Army Radio: "If he is such a senior terrorist, then why hasn't he been prosecuted? There is no evidence against him." According to a court document al Baraq was once detained and questioned in the United States and was later tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in Jordan for five years. He was tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in 2010 when trying to enter Israel from neighbouring Jordan. In its response to al Baraq's appeal, Israel's prosecution said letting the detainee go would endanger the entire region. The Supreme Court was due to hold a hearing in the case later on Monday. According to court documents seen by AFP, the Israeli security establishment told the high court ahead of a Monday hearing it believed that Samer Al-Barq is "an activist in the global terror group al Qaeda, with extensive knowledge in non-conventional arms, especially biological weapons". His petition to be released from administrative detention should be rejected by the court, since he would significantly boost the development of "global jihad" infrastructure in the region if freed, the documents said. Under what Israel calls "administrative detention", suspects can be imprisoned without trial by order of a military court. Such orders can be renewed indefinitely for up to six months at a time. "We petitioned the court because in three days the Israeli authorities will be renewing his administrative detention order," Barq's attorney Mahmid Saleh told AFP ahead of Monday's hearing. Mahameed said his client's family originated in the northern West Bank village of Jayyus, while Barq himself was born in Kuwait 39 years ago, and studied microbiology in Pakistain in 1997. According to the court documents, Barq received military training in Afghanistan in 1998, and in 2001 was recruited by al Qaeda and acquired "knowledge and experience" in non-conventional weaponry. Barq was involved in planning attacks on Israeli and Jewish tourists in Jordan during 2001, and agreed to train Paleostinians to manufacture poison to use against Israelis, the document said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Way more prudent than certain US presidents I might mention. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-11-19 00:50 |