Zarqawi is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice...from Algeria?

28 December 2005
Very Very Very Very Interesting

Interpol has issued a "red notice" for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. That's very interesting. Wanna know why that's interesting? Because Interpol doesn't do anything on its own. In fact, Interpol doesn't even have its own police forces; it's really more of an information-sharing network that connects police organizations across the world with each other. So, for example, the United States wants a person suspected of sending Bald Eagles to, I don't know, Thailand. And the US thinks the suspect has fled the country and gone to, say, France. The US contacts Interpol, and Interpol puts out a "red notice" to all of the countries that have ties to Interpol, and the guy gets found in, say, Germany. German police arrest the suspect, and extradition proceedings begin to have him sent back to the US.

So what's so strange about the red notice for Zarqawi? The fact that it comes from Algeria. Not the US. Algeria. This raises a host of issues:

1. Why the fuck hadn't the US done this earlier?

2. If Zarqawi is found, he'll be sent to Algeria; anything that the US wants Zarqawi for will have to be negotiated with Algeria. Get this: there is no extradition treaty between the US and Algeria, though there are a number of multilateral conventions to which both the US and Algeria are parties, that do create extradition provisions.

In any case, extradition from Algeria to the US will be a difficult affair.
http://seaxneat.blogspot.com/2005/12/very-very-very-very-interesting.html
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw113577102237B226

issued by "HUSSEIN DEY / ALGIERS / Algeria , KARLSRUHE / Germany "
Here is a link to the notice. http://www.interpol.int/public/data/wanted/notices/data/2003/76/2003_16476.asp

Maybe Algerian police found some sort of connection.

http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=419

"An ambitious master plan drawn in 1972 includes a mosque, a school for Arab language, a secondary school, and student and staff housing in addition to the lycée and university. The complex dominates the eastern entry to the city and lies on the principal artery to the city centre. Beyond the central section there are two large halls: a prayer hall for 1,000 worshippers, and a 1,000 seat auditorium. The symmetrical extensions house classrooms and laboratories on three floors. Dormitories are located on both extremities of the building and complete the lateral composition. All services are located in a basement level, as are the kitchen, a foyer, washrooms, and the laundry. The structure is a concrete portal frame supporting reinforced concrete slabs, vaults, and domes. The minarets are in reinforced concrete as well. Localy manufactured burned brick is used for infill."