 The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said on Friday it has decided to expel a Jordanian national who formerly headed the now-banned Al-Aksa group. | I thought Al-Aksa was connected to Fatah, but perhaps this was just the local name for the cell in Westpahlia... |
Without identifying the man by name, as is customary in German legal practice, the state's interior ministry said the man had been given six weeks to leave the country. After that he could be forcibly expelled. | Six weeks will give him time to procure fourteen new sets of ID papers, even if the Paks send them via the slow goat caravan... |
Interior minister Fritz Behrens said the suspect, by collecting donations in Germany in order to support the Palestinian extremist group Hamas, had violated the country's spirit of seeking understanding among peoples. | "Kumbayah, m'lord, kumbaya...hey, what are you doing with that scimitar?" |
"We will continue to operate firmly against worldwide Islamic terrorism," Behrens said. | Kicking him firmly out of the country at the end of the hearing would be a good start, Fritz. |
The Al-Aksa group based in Aachen was banned by the German federal interior ministry in 2003 for its activities to collect donations in support of the Hamas organisation. |