Immigration Belgian court convicts 7 Islamic terror suspects

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Expatica : Terror suspects convicted of role in bombing attacks

Brussels Court convicted on Thursday six men on charges they were members of an Islamic group linked to the terror attacks in Madrid and Casablanca.

The two main suspects were sentenced to seven-year jail terms, while the four other convicted men were sentenced to five or six years jail.

The jail terms were less severe than what the prosecution requested, but the judge said it was clear that the suspects were members of a dangerous, terrorist organisation.

They were members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM), held responsible for the train bombings in Madrid in March 2004 and the Casablanca bombings in May 2003. Some 236 people were killed in the
attacks.
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The relatively light sentence is due to the facts that these terrorists did not place the bombs themselves, but provided false passports and sheltering the bombers. The court also tried to avoid the defendants to appeal to the decision by giving them less than what the prosecutors asked for.