Iraqi arrested in Germany for allegedly spreading al-Qaida messages on Web
Man accused of spreading audio and video messages from Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahri and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Web.
By The Associated PressBERLIN - An Iraqi man suspected of spreading messages by al-Qaida leaders on the Internet over the past year was arrested in Germany Tuesday, federal prosecutors said.
The 36-year-old, who was identified only as Ibrahim R., was arrested near the western city of Osnabrueck, prosecutors said in a statement. His apartment was searched.
He is accused, "in several cases since Sept. 24, 2005, of having spread worldwide over the Internet audio and video messages by the leaders of ... al-Qaida and al-Qaida in Iraq - namely Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahri and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - and in doing so of having supported these groups in their terrorist activities and aims," prosecutors said in a statement.
They did not elaborate on the man's alleged activities.
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al-Quaeda's declarations of world-jihad are in absolute and direct conflict with democratic values, SUCH AS free speech. In contradistinction to the protection of free speech is the rhetoric meant to ultimately stifle the voice of freedom. When dissemination of hatred threatens world peace, it is time to act in ways not necessarilty endearing to the faux intellectuals of the far left,who persist in ranting and whining their "politically correct" diatribes against any true and absolute value in the name of moral relativism.
So what's next? Close down TV stations that play such audio and video tapes? This is rediculous especially coming from countries that preach about democratic values! What's so "civilized" about such countries?