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| Captain Hook makes death threats against key witness |
| 2004-06-04 |
| Death threats have been made against an Algerian journalist who may be called as a witness against Abu Hamza, Belmarsh magistrates were told. The cleric has identified Reda Hassaine, who passed information about his activities to the British and French secret services, as a âlegitimate targetâ because he spied on fellow Muslims. James Lewis, QC, said Abu Hamza had been asked by a Canadian interviewer if it was allowed to kill such a person. He replied: âIt is OK to kill them by slitting their throats or by shooting them, any way you can deter them or others from doing such a thing.â District Judge Timothy Workman said that after hearing of the death threats he was satisfied that witnesses could be in danger if the cleric were freed on bail. Mr Hassaine, 42, posed as a follower of Abu Hamza at Finsbury Park mosque, North London, from 1996 to 2000. Speaking outside the court, he told The Times that he had contacted FBI agents investigating Abu Hamza and was prepared to give evidence against him in the US courts. âI saw the trade in false documents, the raising of money for terrorism, how he sent people to Afghanistan and how terrorists who committed atrocities in Algeria came to Finsbury Park and were given a safe haven,â Mr Hassaine said. âHe has got away with his crimes for years.â He added that he hoped the US authorities would broaden their inquiry to include Abu Hamzaâs involvement with Islamist terrorists who had killed thousands in Algeria. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #10 Thank you Frank. I guess giving that giving Hook a gernade wouldn't be so smart, unless the pin was removed, of course. You're link also provided the following: The name of the device came from the Latin petar, to break wind, perhaps a sarcastic comment about the thin noise of a muffled explosion at the far end of an excavation. I think I can make use of that latin root for some nonsense, sometime or other. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-06-04 11:02:15 PM |
| #9 ask and ye shall google: A petard was a bell-shaped metal grenade typically filled with five or six pounds of gunpowder and set off by a fuse. Sappers dug a tunnel or covered trench up to a building and fixed the device to a door, barricade, drawbridge or the like to break it open. The bomb was held in place with a heavy beam called a madrier. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-04 10:54:48 PM |
| #8 TU, I don't know what a petard is but if he hasn't got one, issue him one and let him hoist away. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-06-04 10:38:32 PM |
| #7 Be nice if they could find him hung in his cell. But it'd be tough to rule it a suicide since they took the hooks away. Not that that would bother me... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-04 7:48:49 PM |
| #6 Come back here. I'll bite your legs off! [/Black Knight] |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-04 7:10:09 PM |
| #5 "Ya stupid bastard, you've got no hands! What're ya gonna do? Bite me?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-04 5:00:46 PM |
| #4 When guys like Hook Boy Emeritus make death threats, the only way to counter them is to hit them or their buds hard with extreme prejudice. They need a little fear of God, too. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-06-04 4:25:35 PM |
| #3 They don't call this guy "Danger Hooks" for nothin' ya know. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-06-04 3:28:18 PM |
| #2 Hamza makes death threats against key witness Tack another 10 years onto his sentence, m'lud. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-04 1:40:19 PM |
| #1 And the Pom authorities don't want this Hamza guy to face execution????? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-04 1:09:24 PM |