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Last update - 11:22 29/08/2007 Israel Police provided information that led to arrest of ex-IDF officer in Moscow By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters Tags: IDF, Colombia, Israel  Former Israel Defense Forces officer Yair Klein, who is wanted for training paramilitaries in Colombia and was arrested Monday in Moscow, was detained based on information provided by Israel Police. Israel Police informed Colombia of Klein's intention to travel to Israel via Russia. Colombia said Tuesday it would request that Russia extradite Klein, who was convicted in absentia in 2001 for training paramilitaries in the Andean country. Advertisement Klein, 61, was sentenced to 10 years in jail by a Colombian court for training recruits for paramilitaries in their brutal campaign to counter Latin America's oldest left-wing rebel insurgency. Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo said the government would ask that Klein be extradited to carry out his sentence in the Andean country, where the disarming of illegal paramilitaries has helped ease violence. "Colombia's government is going to make a formal petition to the Russian Foreign Ministry, so he is sent here to pay his sentence," Araujo said. In 1998, Colombian prosecutors accused Klein and three Israeli associates of providing paramilitary training in the Magdalena valley between 1987 and 1989 and also working as mercenaries for the Medellin drug cartel, a charge he denied. Colombia said Klein was sentenced in 2001 to 10 years by a local court for instructing terrorist techniques and conspiring to commit a crime. He said publicly at the time that ranking Colombian military officers were aware of his paramilitary training activities Bookmark to del.icio.us   Power to the people Egypt plans to provide all of Gaza's electricity, to wean dependency on Israel. Calculated escalation Hamas has been trying for some time to create a balance of deterrence with Israel.   1.   I BELIEVE HE THE MAN OF BALKAN 11:59  |  indrajaya 29/08/07   2.   I BELIEVE HE IS THE MAN OF BALKAN 11:59  |  indrajaya 29/08/07

Today Online 10 Gazans killed, Israeli wounded in ongoing violence Responses: 153 EU joins UN in slamming use of 'disproportionate' force in Gaza Responses: 271 Barak to Justice Min.: Can IDF legally hit civilian areas used to fire rockets? Responses: 108 Independent expert: IDF bullets didn't kill Mohammed al-Dura Responses: 98 Harel and Issacharoff: Hamas will now try to avenge Gaza deaths Responses: 68 Rosner's Domain Battle of Ohio: Will Tzipi meet Hillary? No "statement of interest" against terror victims (WTR) McCain, Obama gear up for face off over Iraq Poll: Your solution for the situation in Gaza Prosecutor in AIPAC case to leave before trial? (WTR) More Headlines 18:07 10 Gazans killed, 4 troops hurt in ongoing Gaza op 18:04 Israeli lightly hurt as 21 rockets slam in western Negev 17:01 Barak to Justice Min.: Can IDF legally hit civilian areas used to fire rockets? 17:26 Hebron teen dies, 3 Israelis hurt as violence spreads to W. Bank 15:47 EU joins UN in slamming use of 'disproportionate' force in Gaza 17:41 Expats' kids in IDF: 'If I don't help defend my home then who will?' 15:17 Hillary Clinton comes out swinging as Ohio primary nears 15:39 Tel Aviv Stock Exchange slumps amid violence in south 14:12 Saudi Arabia compares IDF Gaza operation to Nazi war crimes 13:59 Ahmadinejad in Iraq: First-ever visit opens new chapter in ties 10:35 Independent expert: IDF bullets didn't kill Mohammed al-Dura Previous Editions Select Day 29 feb 28 feb 27 feb 26 feb 25 feb 24 feb 22 feb 21 feb 20 feb 19 feb 18 feb 17 feb

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