Thursday, July 05, 2007
Man convicted in England on terror charges - was it fair ?
Jul 5 2007 8:21AM Associated Press : MANCHESTER, England (AP) A man who sought asylum in Britain has been convicted of possessing terrorist training manuals that included instructions on using gas canisters to make car bombs.
There is no indication that Omar Altimimi has any connection to last week's failed car bomb attempts in London and Glasgow, Scotland. However, prosecutors say Altimimi's computer contained material that identified nightclubs and airports as "suitable targets." Altimimi came to Britain from the Netherlands in 2002 and applied for asylum, but authorities say he used at least three identities. A police counterterrorism official says Altimimi appears to have been a "sleeper" who was waiting in the shadows and "preparing for action."
He was ALSO found guilty of two more charges of money laundering.
IMO: I have looked at some articles about this fellow and I suppose the money laundering might be fair enough for an offence, but these days any UK schoolchild good on the WWW can put together a fair to good manual on terrorism and a lot of this stuff looks like supposition. 15 years possible sentence for what the authorities may have thought might be happening ? In a decent country, facts would be wanted.
There is no indication that Omar Altimimi has any connection to last week's failed car bomb attempts in London and Glasgow, Scotland. However, prosecutors say Altimimi's computer contained material that identified nightclubs and airports as "suitable targets." Altimimi came to Britain from the Netherlands in 2002 and applied for asylum, but authorities say he used at least three identities. A police counterterrorism official says Altimimi appears to have been a "sleeper" who was waiting in the shadows and "preparing for action."
He was ALSO found guilty of two more charges of money laundering.
IMO: I have looked at some articles about this fellow and I suppose the money laundering might be fair enough for an offence, but these days any UK schoolchild good on the WWW can put together a fair to good manual on terrorism and a lot of this stuff looks like supposition. 15 years possible sentence for what the authorities may have thought might be happening ? In a decent country, facts would be wanted.
# posted by uv : 8:42 AM
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