Pakistan Swedes arrive home
Published: 11 Oct 09 11:38 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22586/20091011/
The four Swedes deported from Pakistan arrived at Stockholm Arlanda airport late on Saturday night.
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They group were escorted from the airport by plain clothes police into a waiting car, according to a report in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.
"I am sick," confirmed one of the group to the newspaper which reports that all four appeared worn out by their seven week ordeal.
The Swedes have been detained since August 28th when they were arrested in northern Pakistan, along with seven Turks, an Iranian, a Russian, and one Pakistani, according to police reports.
According to Cecilia Julin at the Swedish foreign ministry the four are "coping well under the circumstances" and in response to a question as to why they were released she replied:
"We interpret the situation that the Pakistanis have concluded that there is not sufficient evidence to support putting them on trial."
Pakistan police reported that the group was arrested after being found in a prohibited area near a nuclear power facility.
Police suspect that they were on their way to rendezvous with representatives from the Taliban in southern Waziristan, long considered a Taliban stronghold.
One of the Swedes claimed the group was in fact on its way to a meeting with a Muslim revivalist movement in the city of Lahore.
The Pakistan authorities confirmed early in the week that there remain no suspicions against the group of Swedes with regard to any serious criminal offences.
Cecilia Julin confirmed that the Swedish state has not paid for the group's airline tickets to return to Sweden.
Patrik Peter, a spokesperson for the security police, was unwilling to discuss the details of the case said:
"If they want to talk to us then we would do so willingly."
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So much for the swedes crying for their tax money. They'd rather prefer their tax money to be used to make up porn movies than ......!!! no offence intented.
//peace
Take proper investigation, and let us know the real grounds why they had been arrested.. Not the fake stories..
Thats a spat on people's face who reported that the group was caught with detonators. Remember!! The lies have a really hard tendency to come back and bite in your ass.
Oh, and if I had to choose between helping religous extremists (which he indeed is, whether he's a criminal or not) and porn movies, I would definetely choose the porn. Bye.
So have a nice trip!!!!!
Afghanistan is definitely a very peaceful place with Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Saudia, Egypt, Syria and other muslims countries invading the place since last 30 years. USA just came to rescue them but it is not absolutely wrong that USA has invaded Afghanistan the truth is that its Pakistan who has invaded Afghanistan and killing innocent people their.
Mehdi Gazali oh yes definitely he is not innocent he first blew himself up in afghanistan and for that reason was kept at guantanamo and 1000 different charges of raper murder and terrorism were filed against him in different courts of law.
It is aboslutely wrong that the group was innocent they were awarded lot of bounty and prizes and were released from pakistan to go back to Sweden and carry on their extremist activity.
Now that they are in sweden again so people like you have to be very careful coz they can come anytime looking....and blow themself up right?
I think most people first make some THEORIES and then try to find the facts to prove them RIGHT. The right way is the opposite i.e. first know the facts and then conclude some thing.
mate, you dont know what you are talking about. I wont write any historic or pre-historic fairy tale but let me tell you that in 70's Russia invaded Afghanistan..later USA invaded Afghanistan (catch: When Russia invaded Afghanistan, Pakistan only fought war against Russia in Afghanistan, helping poor afghans, never invaded)
And mate, me being a humble scholar of international politics, would also like to tell you that there was no afghani or pakistani involved in 9-11, and still U.S. invaded Afghanistan.
I know this is not a simple subject, but do your research before coming to a discussion forum or writing a comment.
p.s. if you are dependent on main stream media for such information then i must wish you GOOD LUCK :)
Home to Europe largest rapist group
home to breasfeeding men
home to known terrorist
home to Europe horniest women ;-D...Ö_ö I can live with this one
You completely missed out the Sherkovik's point of view. Read the thread from beginning. He never blamed Pakistan or Afghanistan. :). Maybe he was lil sarcastic in reply of boby
You are absolutely right.. may be i got a little emotional after reading few sentences and I never really bothered to read whole post :$
MY APOLOGIES´, sherkovic
//PEACE
Next you will be denying like the other poster that supported this group that Al queda was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attack. Or that one of London subway bombers was trained in this area of pakistan by al queda. Or that this woman and her boyfriend were arrested in another terrorist controled area of africa and bailed our previously by the Swedish Government. Is it child abuse to take ( a child to a war zone ) ?
Not all news thinks that they were innocent
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/07/content_12191867.htm
Lo and behold it appears that according to his wiki, Mehdi Ghezali was an accomplished bank robber before directing his "services" for a higher purpose.
Sweden will probably get it someday as well. Most countries do. :(
The real issue here is whether these people, or similiar people, can use Swedish passports to get into the US or the UK where they have very good reason to carry out attacks. But I'm pretty sure they're all going to be under pretty good surveillance from now on since they tried to join the frikkin Taliban and got caught in the process. Authorities don't just let people "go" under these kinds of circumstances.
Oh in other news, DreEstwd, the most outspoken racist on these forums is not actually Swedish. Yes. He's an immigrant who moved here. He also hates women. He's practically the anti-thesis of an average Swedish person, yet he comes here preaching about what's best for Sweden, usually by whining about how non-Swedes are going to take over the country.
If there was a Nobel prize for irony, DreEstwd would have collect it right after getting his Academy Award for being a racist redneck drama queen.
You're quite naive in my opinion. Never say never. I also remember a time when Swedes claimed that a prime minister could never possibly be assinated in their country. And let's not ignore the fact that Sweden is in Afghanistan which could easily be justification for an extremist terrorist group.
As far as your personal attacks on me, Nevon. Wow, it is incredible that you figured out that I am not a native Swede (just like 95% of the people on this forum). Congrats. LOL. Also, trying to label me as a Nazi just because I have different views than you on immigration is a complete and utter reach. From a person who defends child rapists, violent criminals and wannabe terrorists it is also a joke. Why don't you concentrate on the topic rather trying to be my groupie.