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| Jordanian student arrested in Bucharest for links to al-Qaeda |
| 2006-03-02 |
| Police arrested a Jordanian medicine graduate on Tuesday in Iasi for allegedly for being part of the "Muslim Brothers" organization, known as a terrorist network affiliated with al-Qaeda. According to unofficial sources quoted by Mediafax news agency, the Jordanian was also a friend with seven Muslim medicine students detained and expelled last year for the same accusations. However, a chief inspector with the Authority for Foreigners, Lucian Rusu, said yesterday the office did not know why the Jordanian was detained. "We carried out an order from the Iasi Prosecutor's Office which declared the man undesirable on Romanian territory," Rusu said. The Jordanian, whose name was not made public, was picked up by Special Forces in front of the Medical School, from where he was taken to the Office for Foreigners in Bucharest. The chief inspector denied reports published by several central newspapers, suggesting that a total of four Muslim citizens (a Palestinian, two Sudanese and a Moroccan) had been detained in Iasi on Tuesday as well. The reports suggest that the four were to be expelled from Romania because they were believed to have close ties to al-Qaeda. Two national newspapers also reported that more arrests of Muslims are to follow in Iasi. According to a report from the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the Muslim Brothers have dozens of members in Romania and operates under the cover of the Islamic and Cultural League in the country, the humanitarian foundation al-Taiba and other Islamic associations. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 Good. It removes some from temptation, and makes the rest feel insecure. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-03-02 17:10 |