Posted on 07/18/2005 2:50:33 PM PDT by Bald Eagle777
Germany's highest court has ordered the release of a German-Syrian businessman suspected of funding al-Qaeda, who was fighting extradition to Spain.
The federal constitutional court ruled that the new European arrest warrant was invalid in the case of Mamoun Darkazanli, 46. He was detained in Hamburg in October on the warrant issued by Spain. He appears in a 1999 wedding video with two of the three 11 September suicide hijackers who had lived in Hamburg. ……
Mr Darkazanli has not been charged in Germany, whose constitution prohibits the extradition of its own citizens.
German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries said the court ruling was "a blow for the government in its efforts and fight against terrorism".
….. Mr Darkazanli's lawyers argued that handing him over under the European arrest warrant would be against the German constitution. …..
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