Life Sentence
What's almost as bad as being an Algerian and serving a life sentence in a German prison? Being an Algerian and serving a life sentence in an Algerian prison.
I remember reading about this incident, though not at the time that it happened. There are still travel warnings from the U.S. State Department directed at American citizens attempting to travel to Algeria.
I'm glad they caught the guy. Hopefully they can get some information out of him and catch his buddies.
On a side note, how would you like to have been captured by Chadian rebels, and then handed over to the Libyans, and then handed over to Algeria? Talk about your unsavory characters.
A leading Algerian militant, wanted in Germany for the 2003 kidnapping of 32 European tourists, has been sentenced to life in prison by an Algiers court.
Amari Saifi, deputy head of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), was found guilty of forming an terrorist group.
He is thought to have masterminded the tourists' abduction. A German woman died of exhaustion during the ordeal.
The GSPC has declared it has links to al-Qaeda.
Saifi - a former paratrooper - was captured by Chadian rebels in mysterious circumstances.
He was passed to the Libyans, who in turn handed him over to Algeria, AP news agency reports.
I remember reading about this incident, though not at the time that it happened. There are still travel warnings from the U.S. State Department directed at American citizens attempting to travel to Algeria.
I'm glad they caught the guy. Hopefully they can get some information out of him and catch his buddies.
On a side note, how would you like to have been captured by Chadian rebels, and then handed over to the Libyans, and then handed over to Algeria? Talk about your unsavory characters.
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