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Six North African Men Detained in Britain
Aired January 11, 2003 - 17:38 ET
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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: On now to the war on terror. Two Yemeni men are under arrest in Germany. They're suspected of having ties to al Qaeda. U.S. officials asked the Germans to keep the men in custody pending an extradition request. Attorney General Ashcroft says the arrests were part of a U.S.-German investigation.
In Britain, six North African men detained after traces of the deadly poison Ricin were found in a London apartment now face charges, senior international correspondent Nic Robertson reports.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Police say they will be charging four of the men under the year 2000 Terrorist Act. They'll be charging them for being in possession of items of value to terrorists.
Those same four men, they say, will also be charged under the 1996 Chemical Weapons Act for production and development of chemical weapons. A fifth man, they say, will be charged with having forged documents. The sixth man will be downgraded from terrorist charges to charges relating to possession of drugs and immigration charges. Police say he will likely be released on bail. The seventh man, they say, will be released to immigration authorities for offenses relating to immigration acts.
Now, the police have said they still want the public to be on alert. They still believe there are potentially or there is potentially the possibility that some small amounts of Ricin may still be out, that when they went to the apartments in the north of London in Wood Green, that possibly they didn't capture, weren't able to get all the Ricin that was there. Some other members of this group, they believe, may still be on the loose.
Nic Robertson, CNN, London.
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Aired January 11, 2003 - 17:38 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: On now to the war on terror. Two Yemeni men are under arrest in Germany. They're suspected of having ties to al Qaeda. U.S. officials asked the Germans to keep the men in custody pending an extradition request. Attorney General Ashcroft says the arrests were part of a U.S.-German investigation.
In Britain, six North African men detained after traces of the deadly poison Ricin were found in a London apartment now face charges, senior international correspondent Nic Robertson reports.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Police say they will be charging four of the men under the year 2000 Terrorist Act. They'll be charging them for being in possession of items of value to terrorists.
Those same four men, they say, will also be charged under the 1996 Chemical Weapons Act for production and development of chemical weapons. A fifth man, they say, will be charged with having forged documents. The sixth man will be downgraded from terrorist charges to charges relating to possession of drugs and immigration charges. Police say he will likely be released on bail. The seventh man, they say, will be released to immigration authorities for offenses relating to immigration acts.
Now, the police have said they still want the public to be on alert. They still believe there are potentially or there is potentially the possibility that some small amounts of Ricin may still be out, that when they went to the apartments in the north of London in Wood Green, that possibly they didn't capture, weren't able to get all the Ricin that was there. Some other members of this group, they believe, may still be on the loose.
Nic Robertson, CNN, London.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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