A Non-Terrorist

A Dutch court yesterday acquitted Samir Azzouz of preparing a terrorist attack. Zacht Ei provides a list of items in Azzouz’ possession:

• Maps and/or pictures and/or drawings of several government buildings, including Parliament, nuclear power plant Borselle, the ministry of Defence, Schiphol Airport, Dutch Intelligence Agency (AIVD), Dutch Special Forces HQ
• Notes describing necessities which would be needed to carry out these (terrorist attacks, AD) crime/crimes
• Notes describing routes to these buildings and/or circumvention of the security facilities around these buildings.
• Document entitled ‘Advice for those who refrain from strife on the way to Allah’, encompassing an explanation of the call for Jihad and martyrhood
• A memorandum containing the address of a website, namely www.geocities.com/m_13dad, which contained a ‘Manual for preparation’ for the Jihadi ranks, illustrating the use of (amongst others) weapons and/or night vision goggles and/or silencers and/or the fabrication of such and/or guerrila warfare and/or military operations.
• A diary containing the address of a website, www.geocities.com/sluitjeaan (sluitjeaan is Dutch for ‘join up with us’, AD)
• Notes describing the chemical formula of RDX, an explosive compound
• Discs containing ‘video testaments’ which rally for the Jihad, the murder of Americans, Jews and non-Arabs
• Files explaing how a Muslim should enter the battlefield
• Two clip holders for automatic firearms
• A silencer for an automatic firearm
• One or more soldered electrical circuits
• A bulletproof vest
• Night vision goggles
• Ammonia
• Hydrochloric acid

Also, Azzouz had travelled to Chechnya before to join up with Islamic militants there. On top of that, the judges were presented with loads of phone taps in which Azzouz spouted Jihadi texts.

He was sentenced to three months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm.