Loai al-Saqa
Loai Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa (
He was arrested in August 2005, while allegedly planning a bomb attack against an Israeli cruise ship.[2] He was accused of supplying Turkish militants $170,000 to perform the bombing.[3]
Unlike some of the six Turkish men also given life sentences for the attacks, al-Saqa maintained his innocence throughout the trial.[1]
Al-Saqa's lawyer was banned from the court for "aiding and abetting al-Qaeda", and al-Saqa was twice thrown out of the court himself, once at his first court appearance in March 2006 for refusing to stand and identify himself to the judge and again two months later for wearing an orange jumpsuit similar to
During his trial, al-Saqa was questioned by prosecutor Huseyin Canan about the beheading of British engineer
References
- ^ a b "Seven jailed for Turkey bombings". BBC News. February 17, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Turchia Oggi: Arretrato anno 6 numero 36 Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.mre.gov.br/portugues/noticiario/nacional/selecao_detalhe.asp?ID_RESENHA=310236[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Turkey bomb 'linchpin' on trial". BBC News. March 20, 2006. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ "Judge bars 'Guantanamo jumpsuit'". BBC. May 22, 2006.
- ^ Suspect Quizzed On Bigley Beheading |Sky News|World News