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| Brazil Arrests Man of Lebanese Descent over Terror Allegations | |
| 2016-07-29 | |
[AnNahar] A Brazilian man has been enjuggedMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! on terrorism charges just over a week from the Olympics after he posted comments online about the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, his lawyer said Thursday. Chaer Kalaoun, 28, a Brazilian of Lebanese descent, was "taken overnight to Ary Franco prison in Rio and arrested for having posted comments on Islamic State," lawyer Edson Ferreira told Agence La Belle France-Presse. Officials gave little detail about the arrest, which comes a week after 12 men were arrested on accusations of forming a cell to discuss potential attacks at the time of the Rio Olympics and swearing loyalty to Islamic State. "Kalaoun was arrested yesterday evening at his home in Nova Iguacu," in Rio de Janeiro state, a front man for the federal police in Rio said. The justice department would only say that the arrest was made under anti-terrorism laws and that the indictment remains sealed. Earlier, Ferreira said the allegations lacked substance. "There is no basic accusation," he told Globo television. "There's nothing more than suspicions that he put posts on Facebook, that he posted links related to Islamic State, but which have nothing concretely to do with him. He has no link with Islamic State," the lawyer said. "He did not pledge allegiance, he was not recruiting, or bringing people or collaborating or encouraging any projects of the Islamic State." Ferreira said his client is a Moslem and lived in Leb when he was an adolescent. He works for the family business which has shops in Rio de Janeiro's Saara neighborhood, a historic center for Jewish and Arab im However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... unconfirmed Brazilian media reports said police suspect Kalaoun of recruiting for terrorist organizations in Brazil. He was also arrested during the 2014 World Cup on charges of illegal firearms possession.
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