A Yemeni Islamic cleric arrested in Germany for suspected al Qaeda links has said he was lured to travel there to receive a charitable donation from a U.S. Muslim, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday. Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Mouyad, held along with his lover an aide in Germany on a U.S. request last week, said he had been led to believe the U.S. Muslim man wanted to meet him to make a contribution, the September 26 weekly said.
Aw! Diddums fooled you?
The cleric told Yemen's ambassador at a German detention center he had been told "he should travel to the United States or Germany to get the donation directly from the Nigerian American scam artist." Sheikh Mohammed said he had met the American, identified only as Saeed, and received a check for a Muslim charity before being arrested, the weekly said.
Just goes to show, boys and girls: Never take money from someone you don't know. Or ice cream, either... Bet the check bounced, too.
A Frankfurt court this week ordered the cleric and his lover aide, Mohammed Moshen Yahya Zayed, to be detained in custody pending a U.S. extradition request. |