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  • SAUDI PRINCE TRIED IN FRANCE ON COCAINE RUNNING CHARGES

    03/28/2007 5:24:36 PM PDT · by Cornpone · 5 replies · 192+ views
    The Tocqueville Connection ^ | 28 March 2007 | AFP
    BOBIGNY, France, March 28, 2007 (AFP) - A French prosecutor Wednesday demanded a 10-year jail term against a Saudi prince standing trial in absentia on charges of using his diplomatic immunity to smuggle cocaine into France. Prince Nayef Bin Fawaz Al-Shaalan is one of 10 people facing charges relating to a two-tonne shipment that allegedly arrived on his private Boeing 727 at a Paris airport eight years ago. Prosecutor Helene Langlois also requested a definitive ban from French territory for the prince and 10 years in jail for his nine co-defendants. The verdict is due at a later date. None...
  • IRAQ INTENDS TO ARREST AHMAD CHALABI AFTER EID

    01/21/2005 12:45:47 PM PST · by areafiftyone · 17 replies · 1,080+ views
    Reuters ^ | 1/21/05
    DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's interim defense minister said on Friday the government would arrest Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi after the Eid al-Adha holiday for allegedly maligning the defense ministry. "We will arrest him and hand him over to Interpol. We will arrest him based on facts that he wanted to malign the reputation of the defense ministry and defense minister," Hazim al-Shaalan told Al Jazeera television, adding the measures would start after the Muslim holiday which began on Jan. 20.