Two of three Algerians arrested a month ago in Italy, and charged with terrorism, were on their way back to Norway when they were arrested.
We believe that the three Algerians regard Norway as a safe and quiet place to stay, says Chief Investigator Michele del Prete at a Naples court to Aftenposten.
Two of the Algerians have stayed in Oslo over several earlier periods, the last time last year.
When they were arrested, on November the 15th, they were about to leave Italy, and del Prete confirms that two of them were on their way to Norway. He says he is very satisfied with the cooperation with the Norwegian Security Police on the case.
The three are now jailed in Naples, charged with international terrorism, and they are suspected of having planned terror attacks against Italian targets.
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Two Chechens living in Spain have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the killing of famous Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, Spanish police were quoted by Ria Novosti Tuesday.
Theo van Gogh, a descendant of famed Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, was shot dead in Amsterdam on Nov. 2, 2004 by Islamic fundamentalist Mohammed Bouyeri two months after the release of his highly controversial movie, Submission, which detailed the physical punishments sanctioned by the Koran for Muslim women.
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According to the Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes the man is Oussamma Kassir, a 39-year-old Lebanese man who emigrated to Sweden as a teenager in 1984. He's now wanted by the FBI for terrorist offences. The US authorities say he's suspected of trying to set up an al-Qaeda terrorist camp in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2002. The Oregonian newspaper wrote that he arrived in the village of Bly carrying money, poisons and computer disks with instructions on how to make bombs. So obviously the US authorities are very keen to get their hands on him.
Mr Kassir was on a Czech Airlines flight from Stockholm to Beirut, where he hoped to be reunited with members of his family. The plane had a brief stopover in Prague, and as soon as he stepped onto Czech soil he was approached by members of an elite police unit and a balaclava was placed on his head before he was led away.
Mr Kassir is not wanted by either the Czech or Swedish authorities; he was exonerated of terrorist related offences after a trial there in 2003. It's the US that wants him. He can't be extradited from either Sweden or Lebanon because he has both Swedish and Lebanese citizenship, and like most countries neither Sweden or Lebanon extradite their own citizens. But he can be extradited by the Czech Republic. Petr Dimun is the spokesman for the Czech Justice Ministry:
When someone is placed in extradition custody, the country that has issued the international arrest warrant has 40 days in which to file an extradition request. The request is examined by the appropriate court, and if the court decides the person should be extradited, the final decision rests with the Minster of Justice."
Mr Kassir, however, maintains his innocence of all the accusations being made against him. Alongside the Oregon terror camp allegations, the British secret services claim he's closely associated with Haroon Rashid Aswat, accused of being the mastermind behind the July 7th bombings in London, and the U.S. have dubbed him "Osama bin Laden's man in Sweden".
He himself says he's never been to Oregon and has never met Aswat. He does, however, admit to being a great admirer of Osama bin Laden, according to a Swedish journalist who knows him well. It will of course be up to a court to decide whether he should trial for any of the allegations against him, but boarding a flight to Beirut via Prague could prove to be something of a mistake.
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Mr Kassir is not wanted by either the Czech or Swedish authorities; he was exonerated of terrorist related offences after a trial there in 2003 But he's now wanted by the FBI for terrorist offences.
He can't be extradited from either Sweden or Lebanon because he has both Swedish and Lebanese citizenship, and like most countries neither Sweden or Lebanon extradite their own citizens. But he can be extradited by the Czech Republic.
Mr Kassir was on a Czech Airlines flight from Stockholm to Beirut, where he hoped to be reunited with members of his family. The plane had a brief stopover in Prague, and
as soon as he stepped onto Czech soil he was approached by members of an elite police unit and a balaclava was placed on his head before he was led away.
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A Spanish judge filed charges against three men suspected of financing and providing logistical support for an Algerian Islamic extremist group with suspected links to al-Qaida, court officials said Tuesday.
The three Algerians, among seven people arrested last week in Spain's Costa del Sol region, were charged with collaborating with an armed group and ordered them jailed, the court said.
An Algerian woman was released without charge. The three other suspects an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo, an Algerian man and a Spanish woman are still being questioned, officials said.
Authorities believe the suspects aided an Algerian-based Islamic extremist organization, the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, which has declared allegiance to al-Qaida. The insurgent group has battled Algeria's government since 1992, when the military canceled legislative elections that religious parties appeared set to win.
On Nov. 23, Spanish police arrested 11 Algerians suspected of providing financing and logistical support to the same group. A judge later charged four of them with belonging to a terror cell but released the other seven.
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The US Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Director Porter Goss started his second day of meetings in Ankara with a visit to the Police followed by a call on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The fight against the terrorist organization Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) was discussed in the meetings held Tuesday. Goss stopped by the Police headquarters where he met Security Director General Gokhan Aydiner in the morning.
Three messages are reported to have been conveyed to Goss during the talks: "European support for terrorism must be prevented, Fehriye Erdal; the suspect in the Sabanci assassination must be
returned and the broadcasting of Roj TV must be stopped."
The CIA Director, finding Turkish demands justified, said he will take the necessary steps. His last stop in the Turkish capital was at the Prime Ministry Residence. Goss, in meeting with Erdogan, was accompanied by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) Under Secretary. The Prime Minister emphasized Turkey expects support in exchange for information about the terrorist organization.
The American bureaucrat stressed they want to increase the intelligence shared and developed in cooperation with Turkey. In addition to Police Intelligence Department Head Sabri Uzun, the US Ambassador in Ankara and Goss's two aides took part in the talks. Aydiner pointed to the activities of the terrorist organization PKK-Kongra-Gel. The Police Chief asked the US to step in and put pressure to stop European support of the terrorist organizations activities as well as for the return of Fehriye Erdal to Turkey. Aydiner also mentioned Roj TV which is broadcast from Denmark during their talks. The Chief reiterated the terrorist organization receives instructions from Roj TV and asked for support from Goss to stop this channel.
It is also reported that Luai Sakra, arrested for organizing an attack on an Israeli cruise ship in the southern Turkish city of Antalya, was discussed at the talks recently held between the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller and the Police General Director.
Mueller pointing out the shortness of the custody period in Turkey said "Al-Qaeda militants such as Luai Sakra must be questioned for a longer time. There is much information that can be obtained from such people. The longer they stay in police custody the more information can be obtained."
Aydiner reffering to the increased 28-day custody period in the UK, said, "We are doing what the law system tells us to do."
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"European support for terrorism must be prevented, Fehriye Erdal; the suspect in the Sabanci assassination must be
returned and the broadcasting of Roj TV must be stopped, our prisons and interrogators are the very best in the region and we hope to win your contract."
Federal prosecutors in New York have announced the arrest in the Czech Republic of another man wanted in the Oregon terror camp case.
The suspect, Oussam Kassir, was arrested Sunday in Prague, said Michael Garcia, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Kassir is charged in a criminal complaint with providing material support to terrorists for allegedly conspiring with others to establish an Islamic jihad, or holy war, training camp in rural Bly, Oregon, six years ago.
Kassir, 39, a Lebanese-born Swedish national, allegedly traveled to the United States in late 1999 to scout the land and find potential recruits for the camp, which was never built.
The arrest stems from a case initially brought against American James Ujaama, who pleaded guilty in 2003 and is now cooperating with the government.
According to the new complaint, Kassir flew from London to New York's JFK Airport, took a bus to Seattle, Washington, and then drove a car with Ujaama to Bly.
After two months at the site, Kassir told Ujaama he was not satisfied with the facilities, supplies or paltry number of recruits, according to the complaint.
"He (Kassir) was not going to waste his time with such a small number of men," the complaint says.
Kassir also told Ujaama he had "trained and fought jihad" in Afghanistan, al Qaeda's base before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to the complaint.
Another witness said Kassir "instituted perimeter patrols and passwords" during his stay at Bly and had compact disc with information about making poisons, according to the complaint.
Ujaama envisioned the camp "would be a place that Muslims could attend to receive various types of training, including military-style jihad training, in preparation for a community of Muslims to move to Afghanistan," the criminal complaint says.
It was an idea he proposed to Abu Hamza el-Masri, the radical Egyptian cleric with alleged al Qaeda ties who used to preach at the Finsbury Park Mosque in London and whose followers included convicted terrorists Richard Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui.
Abu Hamza is to go on trial next month in London for inciting terrorism.
Abu Hamza and two other suspects in British custody -- Haroon Rashid Aswat and Mustafa Kamel Mustafa -- are charged in the terror camp case.
Aswat, a British national of Indian heritage, was aide to Abu Hamza and also allegedly traveled to the United States to inspect the camp site.
The United States unsealed an indictment against Aswat and Mustafa in September. It has requested their extradition.
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