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El Supremo rebaja de 27 a 12 años la pena a Abu Dahdah y absuelve a otros tres condenados · ELPAÍS.com[Spain's] Supreme [Court] lowers the sentence of Abu Dahdah from 27 to 12 years and declares three others innocent - ElPais.com
La Audiencia Nacional en su sentencia, la primera que se dicta en España contra una célula de Al Qaeda, condenó a 18 de los 24 acusados e impuso la máxima pena, 27 años, al líder del grupo, Abu Dahdah. Para condenar a Abu Dahdah por el delito relacionado con el 11-S el Tribunal argumentó que éste "conocía los siniestros planes de inmediata ejecución" de los atentados en EE UU y "los asumió como propios, siendo puntualmente informado de los preparativos que antecedieron a los ataques perpetrados contra las Torres del World Trade Center de Nueva York y contra el Pentágono". Respecto a Alony, consideró probado que ayudó a varios miembros de Al Qaeda, a sabiendas de que lo eran, "para obtener de esos individuos exclusivas y enriquecedoras informaciones" sobre esta organización.[Spain's] National Court in its sentence [now being appealed], the first given in Spain against an Al Qaeda cell, convicted 18 of the 24 defendants and imposed the highest penalty, 27 years, on the group's leader Abu DahDah. To sentence Abu Dahdah for the crime related to 9/11, the court argued that he "was aware of the sinister plans of imminent execution" for the strikes on the US and "assumed them as his own, being timely informed of the preparations preceding the attacks on the WTC towers in New York and on the Pentagon". Regarding Alouni, [the court] considered proven that he helped various Al Qaeda members, knowing that they were, "in order to obtain from these individuals exclusive and profitable informations" on the organization.
La Audiencia afirmó en su sentencia que Alony, el único periodista que consiguió entrevistar a Osama Bin Laden tras el 11-S, no pertenecía a la célula liderada por Abu Dahdah, pero que "colaboró" con este grupo ayudando "de manera determinante" a varios de sus miembros. ...The [National] Court stated in their sentence that Alouni, the only journalist who succeeded in interviewing Osama Bin Laden after 9/11, didn't belong to the cell led by Abu Dahdah, but he "cooperated" with this group helping "in a decisive way" several of its members. ...

Deciding on this appeal, Spain's Supreme Court upheld the 7-year sentence on Alouni for collaborating with a terrorist organisation.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Dec 3rd, 2009 at 06:50:47 PM EST
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