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Europe
Czechs extradite terror suspect Kassir to US
2007-09-30
h/t Gates of Vienna.
Swede of Lebanese origin Ousama Kassir ...
'Swede of Lebanese origin' ??? ...
... left the Czech Republic Tuesday for the USA, where he is suspected of involvement in terrorism, after Czech Justice Minister Jiøí Pospíšil decided to extradite him, ministry spokeswoman Zuzana Kuncová told ÈTK.

The Prague High Court on July 17 upheld the April verdict by the City Court in Prague saying that Kassir's extradition is admissible. The decision was confirmed by Pospisil on September 18. "The minister decided in harmony with the Czech Republic's commitments in the field of international cooperation in fight against criminal activities," Kuncova said.

However, Kassir's lawyer Umar Switat said previously that international agreements on the basis of which Kassir can be extradited do not apply to any of the accusations against him.
That argument worked well, didn't it.
"The USA has provided the Czech Republic with the highest possible guarantee, in the form of a diplomatic note issued by its embassy [in Prague], that Oussama Abdullah Kassir will not be detained or imprisoned in other than civilian facility after his possible extradition to the USA," Kuncova said. "This means he will not be imprisoned at the Guantanamo base and will not be put before the military commission," Kuncova said.
We'll drop him into Ice Station Zebra and wait for global warming ...
Kassir, 41, was detained at Prague-Ruzyne airport on his way to the Middle East on the basis of an international arrest warrant during a stop-over of his Stockholm-Beirut flight in December 2005. He has been in custody in the Czech Republic since then.

Kassir has been charged in the USA with conspiracy aimed at providing material support to terrorists, for which he faces life imprisonment in the USA. According to the accusation, Kassir attempted to build up a terrorist camp in the state of Oregon. Along with other conspirators, Kassir allegedly planned to set up a training camp for the "Jihad" holy war in an estate in Bly at the end of the 1990s. After the training, Muslims would leave the camp for Afghanistan.

The group allegedly also planned to hold up lorries and kill their drivers in order to obtain money for their activities. Kassir allegedly also operated several websites advising "mujahedins" on how to produce bombs and poisonous substances.

Kassir has dismissed all accusations, saying he is not a terrorist and has no contacts with terrorists. He has said he fears he may be tortured and given death penalty if extradited to the USA.
"Lies! All lies! And don't touch that number seven truncheon!"
However, when still in Sweden, Kassir did not hide his admiration for Osama bin Laden and his approval of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the USA.

The Swedish daily Expressen wrote some time ago that Kassir had asked for political asylum in the Czech Republic. In his letter to his family in Stockholm Kassir wrote that Sweden had abandoned him, the daily said. The Czech daily Pravo reported recently that Kassir had not been granted asylum in the Czech Republic.
The Czechs do seem to be a sensible people. Perhaps their historical experiences have something to do with that ...
Posted by:lotp

#1  Lest we fergit > NEW SOVIET WW3 PLANS DISCOVERED -Czechies and likely other East Euros = WARPACT forces would had bought the nuclear/radioactive glow-worm, BIOWAR + CHEMWAR affects included, for comprising the initial Soviet tactical first-strike and likely large parts of the second, agz NATO. FOLLOW-ON SOVIET/RUSS SECOND- OR THIRD-STRIKE PLUS FORCES WOULD HAD SUFFERED MUCH LOWER RATES OF COMBAT POISONING/TOXICITY.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-09-30 23:21  

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