Danish Muslims convicted in bomb plot trial
Three Danish Muslim men were convicted of planning a bomb attack in Denmark by a jury in a Copenhagen court on Friday.
Posted: Friday, November 23, 2007, 13:09 (GMT)
COPENHAGEN - Three Danish Muslim men were convicted of planning a bomb attack in Denmark by a jury in a Copenhagen court on Friday.
A fourth man was acquitted.
The four were among nine arrested last year in Odense, in central Denmark, for collecting bomb-making materials. They were charged under anti-terrorism laws, while the rest have been released and will not face trial.
If the verdict is upheld by a three-judge court, the men face up to life in prison, a sentence rarely imposed in Denmark.
The men were accused of planning to bomb the Copenhagen City Hall Square or the Tivoli amusement park to protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that were published in a Danish newspaper in 2005 and the presence of Danish soldiers in Iraq.
Prosecutors produced analyses of chemicals found at the men's homes last year as well as surveillance evidence, wire taps and manuals for bomb making found on the suspects' computers.
Prosecutors also presented testimony from an informer who infiltrated the group and reported on their activities to Denmark's Security Intelligence Service.
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Added: Saturday, November 24, 2007, 6:40 (GMT)
This is amazing, Mohammedans actually convicted of terrorism. How novel, I did not think the former Christian nations would be so bold as to stand up for the truth. How long do people need before they see that: a.)Mohammedanism/Islam is not, never was a religion, it is an ideology. and b.)If free peoeple continue to accomodate and patsy this ideology and those who cling to it, then we usher in a new Dark Ages and a new master-one bent on slavery, death, destruction.
This is the 21st century, people must wake up and see Mohammedanism/Islam for what it is. Its believers all have one goal and past history, recent history and our present all point to what that goal is, slavery to a new Dark Age master-Mohammedanism! Love the sinner, cannot love the sin.
Duncan Aker, Vanceburg, USA
