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| Report: Germany Nabs 2 al-Qaida Suspects |
| 2003-01-10 |
| German authorities arrested two Yemeni men Friday on suspicion of belonging to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network, media reports said. Ntv television said the men were arrested in Frankfurt at the request of U.S. authorities. The mass-circulation Bild Zeitung said the men were arrested at Frankfurt international airport. The U.S. Embassy in Berlin refused comment, referring calls to the German Interior and Justice Ministries. The Interior Ministry refused comment and the Justice Ministry spokesman was not immediately available. More to add to our collection... FOLLOWUP: One of them was named by security sources as Mohammed Ali Hassan Sheik al Mujahed, in his fifties, who is thought to be imam of a large mosque in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. A German Government spokesman said he expected the two would be extradited to the US as quickly as possible. Oooh! He's a sheikh and an imam. I'll bet he's studying for his mufti degree, too. And on top of it all, he's a mujahed. This boy's an all around talent... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Could this book ever be written? "A dummy's guide to middle eastern politics and related terminology definitions?" |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-01-10 20:16:36 |
| #2 The guy on the radio - and who should know better than he? - sez one of the Yemenis is a sheikh, who's a money man for Qaeda. I think I have the breakdown in my head now: anybody who's not a mufti is a sheikh, unless they're an imam or a mullah, except that a mullah can also be a sheikh, and if he's a Shi'ite he's an ayatollah, not a mullah... I think. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-01-10 13:49:02 |
| #1 With a little more good hunting luck we will have the only matched set still in existance. dorf |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-10 11:19:49 |