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Down Under
Brigitte's cleric sez Binny's innocent
2004-03-23
Abdul Salam Zoud, the Lakemba imam who presided over the Islamic union of French terrorism suspect Willy Brigitte and former Australian soldier Melanie Brown, still doesn't buy the Osama bin Laden theory. "He's not a terrorist in my view. I don't believe yet he did what the Americans said. I swear by God, by Allah . . . I reject [bin Laden's culpability in the attacks on the US on September 11, 2001]."

A classified dossier compiled by France's anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere names Shiek Zoud as the chief recruiter for a terrorist network operating in Australia. The headquarters for this jihad is supposedly the Haldon Street prayer hall, where Sheik Zoud is the spiritual head. He is not the only one questioning the central claims in the French dossier, published in The Daily Telegraph yesterday. Brigitte's lawyer, Jean-Claude Durimel, says allegations his client knew of any terrorist plot to attack Australia were the result of "a lot of imagination. I was at all the interrogations of Mr Brigitte and he has never said he was aware of a project for an attack or whatever."

Sheik Zoud moved on to sermonising, under the Hills Hoist in his south-west Sydney backyard, about Australians' need to work together to fight terrorism. Threatening the cold shoulder for reporters who misquoted or took his words out of context, he answered questions put to him as follows:
Do you think there are any terrorist cells, planning or activities in Sydney?
"No, I don't know anyone. If I know I will tell the government. Do you know why we have to work together to save this country? Because altogether we're living here. It's not good for us, for you, for anyone living here to do anything bad to this government. We left our countries because of all of the problems there, and we move to this safe country to live the rest of our life. I'm against all terrorism over the world. I'm against all terrorism who kill civilian people. Let the Australian people relax. Why everyone make the Australian people scared from the Muslims?"

Are you being investigated by ASIO or the Australian Federal Police?
"They came to me once and asked me a few questions because there other sect of Muslims speak something against us and they come and make sure is it correct or not."

Did they ask about Willy Brigitte?
"No . . . because I didn't do anything wrong. I saw that man Willy Brigitte once, because I'm authorised celebrant. He ask me and I did it, after I check everything. Maybe less than hour."

Abu Dahdah?
"I don't know who is he. Do you think every Muslim knows every Muslim over the world. Do you know all the Christians?"

Why do you think ASIO is interested in you?
"Ask them."
Posted by:Dan Darling

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Posted by: ex-lib   2004-3-23 2:28:58 PM  

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