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Pakistani student held for alleged attack on German editor dies in custody
Aljazeera.net ^ | Friday, 05 May 2006 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/05/2006 10:59:07 AM PDT by wolf78

Pakistani found dead in German jail

A Pakistani student, who was arrested for allegedly trying to hurt a German newspaper editor for publishing controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, has died in custody in Berlin.

Tasnim Aslam, a Pakistani foreign ministry spokeswoman, identified the student as Amer Cheema, but would not say exactly when he was arrested.

She said an initial report from Berlin suggested that Cheema had hanged himself at a prison, and added that Pakistan was trying to get more details.

[...]

Torture claim

On Friday, three members of parliament from Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal - a coalition of six religious parties - introduced a motion in the National Assembly, seeking a debate on the death of Cheema in his cell.

They said the student - according to his family - had allegedly been tortured to death, though they offered no evidence to back up the claim.

[...]

(Excerpt) Read more at english.aljazeera.net ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amercheema; cartoons; cheema; germany; islam; jihad; jyllandsposten; mohammed; muhammad; pakistan
There's actually a list of newspapers which chose to reprint the Mohammed cartoons circulating that also contains a call to violence against the editors.
1 posted on 05/05/2006 10:59:11 AM PDT by wolf78
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To: wolf78

Pit-y


2 posted on 05/05/2006 11:00:45 AM PDT by null and void (Hillary!™ would have been a big astronaut. Say that slowly)
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To: null and void

You beat me to it!


3 posted on 05/05/2006 11:04:07 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: null and void

Real bummer ain't it!


4 posted on 05/05/2006 11:05:26 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (If you build it, they won't come...)
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To: wolf78
Gee, why couldn't Moussaui have "died" in custody.
5 posted on 05/05/2006 11:06:56 AM PDT by zerosix (Romans 5:8)
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To: wolf78

This can happen. He probably was so full of guilt at what he attempted to do that he smashed his face to a pulp against the toilet rim before stealing someones belt and hanging himself.


7 posted on 05/05/2006 11:09:29 AM PDT by fso301
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"..trying to hurt a German newspaper editor.

You just can't get good jihadist anymore. Guys all want the 72 virgins without working for it.

8 posted on 05/05/2006 11:17:50 AM PDT by Leisler (Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.)
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To: fso301

Also, he coulda fell down some steps. S--t happens, you know.


9 posted on 05/05/2006 11:19:15 AM PDT by pankot
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To: blam

Pretty much true, that's why your comment was pulled.

OTOH, I had a Pakistani roommate in college, and he was a good guy.

I was also the best Man at another Pakistani's wedding.

Exceptions to every rule, I suppose...


10 posted on 05/05/2006 11:22:14 AM PDT by null and void (Hillary!™ would have been a big astronaut. Say that slowly)
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To: wolf78
Don't ya just hate when that happens? Oh well, I hope a-la-la-la doesn't run out of virgins, because I have a feeling that this could end up becoming contagious now that the Euros have finally awoken.
11 posted on 05/05/2006 11:25:38 AM PDT by markedman (Islam means surrender, and I will NEVER surrender!)
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To: pankot
Also, he coulda fell down some steps. S--t happens, you know.

Another possibility is that in jail, he wouldn't have conjugal access to his camels and goats. This may well have been a case of autoerotic asphyxiation.

12 posted on 05/05/2006 11:35:11 AM PDT by fso301
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To: wolf78

Unfortunately, the only thing that will save Europe is a dictator along the lines of Franco who chased the commies out of Spain in the 30's. No democracy will do it. Danish school children aren't allowed to display the Danish flag on their backpacks because the govt' doesn't want to offend the muslims. Seriously. They passed a law.


13 posted on 05/05/2006 11:40:45 AM PDT by MattinNJ (Allen/Pawlenty in 08-play the map.)
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To: wolf78

Oops.


14 posted on 05/05/2006 11:54:46 AM PDT by kanawa
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To: wolf78

My favorite method of suicide is two bullets in the back of the head.


15 posted on 05/05/2006 11:55:08 AM PDT by opinionator
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To: opinionator

Or just one to the top, a la Ron Brown.


16 posted on 05/05/2006 12:09:01 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: zerosix

Oh, no. I want him to be the new hooker at the jail house.


17 posted on 05/05/2006 2:37:23 PM PDT by thebaron512
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To: opinionator

It really amazing how good the "star chamber" is getting at making whacks look like suicide....

I'll pray for thousands of "suicides" for these lunatic bastards....

Semper Fi


18 posted on 05/05/2006 3:22:08 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: wolf78

"I'm deeply saddened.."


19 posted on 05/06/2006 11:31:43 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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