SIX SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR JIHAD RECRUITM...

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002415 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/UBI, S/CT, D/HS, INL, INR JUSTICE FOR OIA - JFRIEDMAN DHS FOR OIA - DSEQUEIRA SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PTER PINR PINS KPRP PGOV NL SUBJECT: SIX SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR JIHAD RECRUITM... ARNALL ", 84924,11/8/2006 16:22,06THEHAGUE2415,"Embassy The Hague",UNCLASSIFIED,,"VZCZCXRO3525 RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG DE RUEHTC #2415 3121622 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 081622Z NOV 06 FM AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7360 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC RUCNFB/DIRFBI WASHDC RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC RUEAHLC/HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHDC RUEHAT/AMCONSUL AMSTERDAM 1745","UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002415 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/UBI, S/CT, D/HS, INL, INR JUSTICE FOR OIA - JFRIEDMAN DHS FOR OIA - DSEQUEIRA SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PTER PINR PINS KPRP PGOV NL SUBJECT: SIX SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR JIHAD RECRUITMENT ¶1. The National Crime Squad (NR) arrested five men and one woman in Amsterdam and The Hague on November 6 and 7 for suspicion of recruitment for Jihad, participating in a terrorist organization, and obtaining false travel documents. According to the National Prosecutor's Office, the arrests are a result of an investigation begun in November 2005, when the AIVD intelligence service informed prosecutors that three young Muslims from The Hague were considering fighting for extremist Islamic ends. The three were later arrested in Azerbaijan by local authorities and returned to the Netherlands with help from the Dutch police. ¶2. The group appears to have been led by Murat , alias Ibrahim the Turk, alias Abu Jarah, who reportedly is the main suspect and who was among those arrested. The 36-year old Turk was previously tried in 2003, together with nine other suspects, for Jihad recruitment, but was released due to lack of evidence. The other five suspects arrested this week were not identified publicly, but the prosecutor's office stated that some of them may have been involved in obtaining false travel documents for Iraq. Dutch press reported that two of the suspects, a 19 year-old woman and her Islamic husband, were connected to the ""Hofstad"" terror network. The main Turkish suspect reportedly has been on the watch list of international intelligence agencies since 2000, when he was spotted in Australia collecting money for Jihad in Chechnya. He reportedly was in contact with terror suspect Mamdouh Habib, who served three years in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of having ties with Al Qaeda. ¶3. The NR said that it is continuing its investigation.