Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10BRUSSELS232
2010-02-26 15:09:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Brussels
Cable title:
GOB DENIES REPORT THAT IT WILL NOT EXTRADITE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 000232
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/WE AND INL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2020
TAGS: CJAN KCRM PREL PTER BE
SUBJECT: GOB DENIES REPORT THAT IT WILL NOT EXTRADITE
TRABELSI
Classified By: Acting Political Economic Counselor Robert Kiene, reason
1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) On February 25, an article in the Flemish newspaper, Het
Laatste Nieuws, alleged that Belgian Justice Minister Stefaan
De Clerck would not request extradition of Nizar Trabelsi.
Trabelsi is wanted in the United States for crimes related to
plotting an attack on the military base in Kleine Brogel,
where some U.S. military forces are stationed. Embassy
Acting DCM contacted an aide to De Clerck, who categorically
denied the report, saying that the information was part of a
campaign by Trabelsi's attorneys to put pressure on the GOB,
which has not yet made a decision on whether to extradite
Trabelsi after he finishes serving a sentence in Belgium for
terrorism related crimes. He said that the Minister would
issue a statement to that effect. Sources in the Belgian
Federal Police also confirmed that the report was false.
GUTMAN
.
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/WE AND INL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2020
TAGS: CJAN KCRM PREL PTER BE
SUBJECT: GOB DENIES REPORT THAT IT WILL NOT EXTRADITE
TRABELSI
Classified By: Acting Political Economic Counselor Robert Kiene, reason
1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) On February 25, an article in the Flemish newspaper, Het
Laatste Nieuws, alleged that Belgian Justice Minister Stefaan
De Clerck would not request extradition of Nizar Trabelsi.
Trabelsi is wanted in the United States for crimes related to
plotting an attack on the military base in Kleine Brogel,
where some U.S. military forces are stationed. Embassy
Acting DCM contacted an aide to De Clerck, who categorically
denied the report, saying that the information was part of a
campaign by Trabelsi's attorneys to put pressure on the GOB,
which has not yet made a decision on whether to extradite
Trabelsi after he finishes serving a sentence in Belgium for
terrorism related crimes. He said that the Minister would
issue a statement to that effect. Sources in the Belgian
Federal Police also confirmed that the report was false.
GUTMAN
.