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Stuttgart (AFP) - After more than two-year process, the Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart three followers of the Islamist terrorist group Ansar el Islam sentenced to long prison terms. The court found them guilty of having planned an attack on the then Iyad Allawi during a visit to Berlin in December 2004. Despite the court, according to specific plans Alawi was for no real danger. Weapons or explosives, which could have an attack can be perpetrated, the investigators found, however, in none of the condemned. In the News Agency AFP

Because membership reported in a foreign terrorist group in coincidence with attempted participation in a murder, the Court of Appeal condemned, therefore, the Iraqi main accused Ata R. to ten years in prison, his co-accused fellow Mazen AH (photo below left) and Rafik Y. (Top right photo) received seven and a half and eight years in prison. The Defenders announced revision.

The State Security Division of the Court of Appeals stayed its ruling to only slightly below the requirement of the federal prosecutor. The defenders of the accused, however, had pleaded not guilty. The court found for R. Ata guilty to € 45,000 in support of the Ansar el Islam collected. With the money I do R. finance attacks and feed a relief fund for the families of suicide bombers. R. was also his consent for a stop to Alawi by Rafik Y. given, "said the presiding judge.

also the co-defendants AH to collect money for Ansar al Islam and the attack on Allawi have expressly agreed. The last living in Augsburg AH was also intended as a successor to R. Ata been. Alone of the three defendants admitted AH in the process an individual allegations, but not to confess. The Berlin Rafik Y. have offered themselves as assassins.

All phone calls and emails from Ata R. since October 2003 had been monitored. The process took 142 days of hearings, 64 witnesses were heard and many Verifier belongs. A total of 170 admission of evidence and 30 bias applications were submitted. was because of multiple attacks against Rafik Y. 22 times in jail imposed, which extended his detention period by 114 days.

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