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Swiss arrest man suspected of trying to join extremists
2015-04-09
[RUDAW.NET] Swiss authorities say they have nabbed
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
a 24-year-old man who is suspected of seeking to join an Islamic bully boy group in Syria or Iraq.

Federal prosecutors say the unidentified man was arrested at Zurich airport Tuesday afternoon as he attempted to board a plane to Istanbul, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
Prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday that the man, who was from the Zurich region, is suspected of seeking to join either al-Qaeda or the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group, and of supporting a criminal organization.

Last year, Swiss authorities detained three Iraqi citizens on suspicion of supporting the Islamic State group. Prosecutors said they plan to indict the men in the coming months.

Federal prosecutors say they are currently dealing with about two dozen criminal cases related to radical jihadists.
Posted by:Fred

#1  He just wanted to take them some... chocolate, that's it. And Swiss army knives.
Posted by: ed in texas   2015-04-09 08:15  

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