Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STOCKHOLM245
2009-04-14 15:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Stockholm
Cable title:
TRIAL OF ALLEGED SWEDISH TERRORIST BEGINS IN NEW YORK
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR PINS PGOV SW
SUBJECT: TRIAL OF ALLEGED SWEDISH TERRORIST BEGINS IN NEW YORK
UNCLAS STOCKHOLM 000245
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR PINS PGOV SW
SUBJECT: TRIAL OF ALLEGED SWEDISH TERRORIST BEGINS IN NEW YORK
1. On April 13, the trial began in New York of Swedish-Lebanese dual
citizen Oussama Kassir. Kassir is accused of running a terrorist
training camp in Oregon and hosting a web site with public access to
the "The Mujahedeen Explosives Handbook." Kassir denies all charges
and claims the evidence was fabricated by the Swedish Security
Police and the FBI.
2. Swedish media has expressed concern that the New York court
system might not provide the Swedish citizen with an impartial jury:
several potential jurors reportedly told court officials that they
would find it difficult to be impartial in an alleged terrorism
case.
Background
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3. Kassir was tried on terrorist charges in Sweden in 2003, but the
court found insufficient evidence for a conviction. In 2005, he was
detained in Prague en route to Lebanon and eventually extradited to
the U.S. in 2007.
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR PINS PGOV SW
SUBJECT: TRIAL OF ALLEGED SWEDISH TERRORIST BEGINS IN NEW YORK
1. On April 13, the trial began in New York of Swedish-Lebanese dual
citizen Oussama Kassir. Kassir is accused of running a terrorist
training camp in Oregon and hosting a web site with public access to
the "The Mujahedeen Explosives Handbook." Kassir denies all charges
and claims the evidence was fabricated by the Swedish Security
Police and the FBI.
2. Swedish media has expressed concern that the New York court
system might not provide the Swedish citizen with an impartial jury:
several potential jurors reportedly told court officials that they
would find it difficult to be impartial in an alleged terrorism
case.
Background
--------------
3. Kassir was tried on terrorist charges in Sweden in 2003, but the
court found insufficient evidence for a conviction. In 2005, he was
detained in Prague en route to Lebanon and eventually extradited to
the U.S. in 2007.