Suspected Spain al-Qaida Leader Beaten

[maddezmom]

MADRID, Spain - Inmates on Friday beat up a suspected al-Qaida cell leader jailed on charges he helped plot the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, breaking his jaw, nose and a tooth and injuring one of his eyes, Spanish officials said.

Imad Yarkas, 42, a Syrian-born Spaniard, was set upon by other prisoners in the dining hall of a prison in the eastern city of Castellon, said officials at the Interior Ministry department that oversees Spain's prisons. Spanish government press officials did not give their names.

An investigation has been opened because Yarkas, who is being held in solitary confinement, normally takes his meals alone, after other inmates have left the mess hall.

One official said some inmates apparently finished breakfast later than usual, and Yarkas began eating before they had left. Some began yelling at him, and when officers started to remove Yarkas from the room for his own safety another group of inmates pounced and punched the alleged al-Qaida member, the official said.

more:http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/89-07152005-514969.html

[Roland99]

1. "was set upon"

What a nice way to say:

"Received an ass-whoopin'"

[Vogon_Glory]

2. No Pity

Sorry, folks, but I have no sympathy for any al Quaeda thugs who get set upon by other prisoners. I especially don't have any sympathy for the sorts of thugs who set off atrocities like the Madrid train bombings and the 9/11 attacks. If such cherubs lost the shelter of solitary confinement and got thrown in with the general prison population, I wouldn't give a rat's rump as to th likely results.

:nopity:

[livinginphotographs]

3. While I disagree with vigilante justice

And this guy hasn't necessarily been convicted yet, I really can't get all choked up about this guy taking an ass-beating.

[Monkie]

4. i have no pity for CONVICTED al-qaida thugs,getting sick of the "alleged"

and "suspected"
they never go to trial and if they do like the german trail of a 9-11 suspect the American government rufuses to give any evidence..

[Lefty48197]

5. They shoulda "shivved" him

The eyeballs would have been a good place to START.

[MrSlayer]

6. Awww poor guy.

Shame they didn't kill him.

[maxsolomon]

7. i feel like i did when Dahmer got killed in prison

nonplussed.

[geek tragedy]

8. Como se dice en espanol "Oz?" eom