• France jails Cern physicist Adlene Hicheur for terror plot
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[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17956202[/URL] [QUOTE][B]A French court has sentenced a scientist at the prestigious Cern laboratory to five years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks.[/B] Adlene Hicheur was arrested in 2009 after police intercepted his emails to an alleged contact in al-Qaeda. The emails suggested Algerian-born Hicheur was willing to be part of an "active terrorist unit", attacking targets in France. Defence lawyers argued that their client had never been part of a plot. Hicheur, who is a particle physicist, worked as a researcher studying the origins of the universe at Cern. His father embraced him in the Paris courtroom before he was taken away to prison. [B] Suspicion [/B] [highlight]Hicheur has already spent two and a half years in jail while awaiting trial.[/highlight] He came under suspicion when threatening messages were sent to President Sarkozy in early 2008. The security services uncovered a series of email exchanges between Hicheur and an alleged al-Qaeda member called Mustapha Debchi. After his arrest in 2009 police found a large quantity of Islamist literature at his parents' home. At the start of his trial the 35-year-old scientist admitted that he had been going through a psychologically "turbulent" time in his life when he wrote the emails. He had suffered a serious back injury, for which he had been taking morphine. But he always denied he intended to carry out any attacks. His lawyer, Patrick Baudouin, described the verdict as "scandalous". "Everything has been done to demonise him," he said. Hicheur has not yet decided whether or not to appeal. If he decides not to, with time off for good behaviour, he should be released soon, Mr Baudouin said. [/QUOTE] Call me stupid if you want, but I think that that is an absurdly long period of time to wait in jail before going to trial.
Devouring the world with a black hole, terror plot of the ever.
[QUOTE=Red scout?;35827698]Devouring the world with a black hole, terror plot of the ever.[/QUOTE] Yes, of the ever.
[i]"Is the search for the "God particle" really a cover for a Muslim terror plot? Next on Hannity."[/i]
Well it's not like he's going to be gone a lifetime. 5 years is reasonable. But the 2 year wait time before a trial was just obscene.
[QUOTE=booster;35827892]Well it's not like he's going to be gone a lifetime. 5 years is reasonable. But the 2 year wait time before a trial was just obscene.[/QUOTE] It will probably deducted from the sentence, so he only really has to be in prison for 3 years.
[QUOTE=DrLuke;35827921]It will probably deducted from the sentence, so he only really has to be in prison for 3 years.[/QUOTE] Still, he should have been offered bail and/or electronic monitoring if they were worried about him leaving. Did they refuse him bail, and if so, for what? He shouldn't have been in there for two years without being proven guilty or posing a significant risk.
[QUOTE=OvB;35827849][i]"Is the search for the "God particle" really a cover for a Muslim terror plot? Next on Hannity."[/i][/QUOTE] [I]School board changes name of "God particle" to "Allah particle". More at 11.[/I]
[QUOTE=OvB;35827849][i]"Is the search for the "God particle" really a cover for a Muslim terror plot? Next on Hannity."[/i][/QUOTE] Obama is secretly behind all of it! :tinfoil:
What an idiot. Here he is, working at one of the most advanced research centers on this planet, holding a PHD degree. And you're still somehow worrying about other people's belief so much that you are ready to kill them.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;35828789]What an idiot. Here he is, working at one of the most advanced research centers on this planet, holding a PHD degree. And you're still somehow worrying about other people's belief so much that you are ready to kill them.[/QUOTE] I guess you're never too smart to be an idiot.
[QUOTE]Defence lawyers argued that their client had never been part of a plot.[/QUOTE] Doesn't really need to be mentioned, of course they would. It's not like his defense lawyer is gonna go "Yup, he dun it all right."
[QUOTE=DrLuke;35827921]It will probably deducted from the sentence, so he only really has to be in prison for 3 years.[/QUOTE] This is what happens. Would suck to be innocent though, all that lost time.
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