Failed German bombing suspect killed

The Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 5/21/07

[Valin]

One of the Islamic militants killed in fighting with Lebanese troops in northern Lebanon was a suspect in a failed German train bombing attempt. The body of Saddam el-Hajdib was among the burned bodies of 10 Fatah Islam fighters found in a building in the northern city of Tripoli after it was raided by Lebanese troops and policemen during Sunday's fierce fighting with the militants, the official told The Associated Press. Hajdib was the fourth-highest ranking official in the Fatah Islam group, the official said,

The militant had been on trial in absentia in Lebanon in connection with the failed German plot. It was not clear if Lebanese officials had known his whereabouts before the fighting broke out in the city of Tripoli and in a nearby Palestinian refugee camp where Fatah Islam has set up its headquarters.

Hajdib is a brother of Youssef el-Hajdib, who is under arrest in Germany in the bombing attempt. Four other Lebanese suspects are being held in police custody in Lebanon and tried for their alleged role in the bombing attempt.

Lebanese authorities arrested the suspects on charges they planted crude bombs on two trains at the Cologne, Germany, station on July 31. The bombs, found later in the day on trains at the Koblenz and Dortmund stations, failed to explode because of faulty detonators. Germany wants to extradite the men, but there is no extradition treaty between Germany and Lebanon. Lebanon has decided to try the suspects in its courts.

[liberty or death]

These terrorists will go anywhere to keep murdering people.

[Rummenigge]

not this one