Move it along...
Two Yemenis arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of planning a terror attack have been released, prosecutors in the Netherlands have said. An investigation failed to find any evidence against the two men, the Dutch national prosecutor's office said.
| An investigation might have done, but once the Americans said they were innocent, the Dutch were stuck. |
They were arrested on Monday upon arriving at Amsterdam airport on a flight from the US after a request from US authorities.
US officials later said they did not believe they were planning an attack."Two men from Yemen in custody since Monday on suspicion of possible involvement in the planning of a terrorist act, were freed this evening," the Dutch prosecutor's office said in a statement. "From investigations in the United States and in the Netherlands there has been no indication of the men's possible involvement in any criminal act," the statement continued.
...nuthin to see here.
One of the men had earlier been stopped by airport officials on a connecting flight from Birmingham, Alabama. He was found to be carrying $7,000 (£4,500) in cash and when his luggage was searched, officials found a mobile phone strapped to a medicine bottle, as well as knives and watches. The luggage was cleared for the flight after it was not judged to be a threat but there was speculation that the chain of events could have been a dry-run for a terror attack, testing the US flight security operations.
| Which of course is not illegal. Just an act of spying. According to the Geneva conventions, which so many people are so fond of talking about, spies can be shot. I really do hope the various agencies are tracing the connections of the these particular spies. |
Customs authorities said it was not uncommon for people travelling to the countries like Yemen to be carrying large amounts of cash and that valuable items are often found bundled together.
Yeah, I'm sure a bottle of Pepto is worth it's weight in gold in Yemen... |