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Sweden extradites Islamist to Germany: terrorism
Apr 5, 2007, 16:07 GMT
Karlsruhe, Germany - Sweden has extradited a 32-year-old Islamist, Thaer A, to Germany on charges that he is the chief fund- raiser of a new terrorism group planning to operate in Sudan, German prosecutors said Thursday.
A, who is Jordanian, was arrested March 19 in Sweden and flown to Germany on Wednesday. A German federal magistrate remanded him in custody the next day.
Investigators say he is one of five founders of the new group, set up at the bidding of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, and was appointed to organize money transfers.
Germany arrested another founder, Redouane e-H, last July on separate charges of recruiting in Europe for a Qaeda-linked group mounting terrorist attacks in Iraq.
The Swedes are holding a third alleged founder, a 24-year-old Moroccan, but he has appealed against extradition and cannot be moved before a verdict is reached.
German police were monitoring the men online as they plotted in an internet chat room last June and July, the prosecutor's office said. It is a crime in Germany to set up a terrorist group, even if it does not attack Germany.
The five aimed to open a new 'front' in Sudan to wage jihad or holy war against 'Crusaders,' an Islamist term for what are perceived as threatening western nations.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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They will have no problem with executing him for some charge or another.
China has its own islamic problems and will not tolerate threats to its populace and security as these politically correct infantiles do in the western world.
The truth is that the Fundamental (Qur\'anic) Islamic ideology does not allow Muslims to assimilate with their host country. Instead, Muslims are commanded to proclaim Islam as the only true religion on earth and subjugate countries and people who do not accept Islam
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GooseApr 5th, 2007 - 16:58:10
You all should ask yourselves why it would be nessesary to go the homes of your enemies to raise cash to fight them. The answer is that Islamic culture is a failure and has been for hundreds of yrs. If we allowed them to build their beloved caliphrate it would collapse within a very short time cause its a lazy idology that has never been able to support itself. Spend half the day with your butt it the air, tell your wife she cant work, and blame your next door neighbours cause your poor...lol..try it im sure you will get rich too.
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