(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
The ski. Actually, he doesn't live in hiding. His name is on the mailbox. In Norwegian: Walid Osman. Originally, he is called Abdulrahman Abu Walid Zayed. The arrest warrant and extradition order say the French interrogation judge Marc Trévidic sent the Norwegian authorities in February. Trévidic is investigating the attack in Rue des Rosiers (the rose bushes) in 1982, where 6 was killed and more than 20 wounded. According to French investigators, the 56-year-old in Skien must have been one of the worst murderers in the terrorist group Abu Nidal, who was behind the attack. "A key henchman between 1977 and 1982 – involved in most of the group's operations in Europe," says one of the witnesses Trévidic found after years of exploration.
Middle East. Abu Nidal, or Sabri Khalil al-Banna, was originally a political Palestinian leader and founder of the Fatah – the revolutionary council, better known as the ANO (Abu Nidal Organization). He fought for a free Palestine, but tipped into pure violence. In the 1970s and 1980s, Abu Nidal was considered the world's most dangerous terrorist leader. It was after he broke with Yassir Arafat and the PLO's attempt to find a peaceful solution with Israel. Abu Nidal offered his services to a number of countries. The group must have been responsible for killing or injuring more than 900 people. Following the attack on Goldenberg's restaurant in Paris, the suspicion quickly turned to Abu Nidal. However, this track was left dead and not re-recorded until many years later. It is alleged that then-President Francois Mitterrand bought "free leased" from Abu Nidal to avoid several attacks on French soil.
The ski. According to French investigators, Walid Osman has been involved in many of the attacks, not just the one in Rue des Rosiers. In Skien, there is no sign of such activity. No bodyguard fits the house, which is pretty dilapidated. This day, at 11.30, he sleeps.
"He is very tired," says the cohabitant. 'He needs rest. Who are you? What do you want? No, you can not talk to him. Contact our lawyer. " And with that, she closes the window that was ajar. That I came all the way from Paris does not change anything. Walid Osman has not yet spoken publicly – except to deny that it is him, and state that he has never been to Paris. The couple sleeps peacefully in this house owned by the municipality, which also pays benefits. Health prevents Osman from working, and according to witnesses, he seems completely drugged. "Out of town."
Oslo. No one seems shocked by his presence. France has still not received a response to Judge Trévidic's extradition request.
No bodyguard fits the house, which is pretty dilapidated.
"The case is being processed and we do not know when we will be able to give an answer to France. France has been informed of this, "Andreas Bondevik, communications adviser to the Ministry of Justice, told Ny Tid. An official answer is according to what we experience on the way. By all accounts, Walid Osman will never be extradited. He received Norwegian citizenship in 2002, and according to Norwegian law, the crime is obsolete. The problem is that Norway, even though it is not a member of the EU, has entered into agreements that commit to cooperation with European countries in the Eurojust area. Especially in the field of terrorism. There is a way out: if it can be proven that Osman lied when he received Norwegian citizenship.
The ski. In the meantime, he lives in peace in Henrik Ibsen's hometown. The hairdresser Jørn Inge Næss knew Osman well as a former neighbor. Næss, who is running in the local elections for the Progress Party, first thinks that it is not common for the municipality to pay for such a "type", but after a few hours he does not want to comment, and refers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Walid Osman is obviously a problem.
Norway. He came to the country with his wife and four children in 1991. That year, 130 "PLO defectors" came to seek political asylum under an agreement with Palestinian sympathizers in the Labor Party. It is not known if Osman was among these, who were the subject of a major scandal. The Norwegian secret police PST suspected that there were terrorists among them. Therefore, the Israeli colleagues from Mossad were allowed to interrogate them. The Israelis were then equipped with Norwegian (expired) passports to identify themselves as Norwegians. This was discovered, and the leaders of the PST were forced to resign. A certain Souhaila Andrawes also came to Norway with her Lebanese husband in 1991. Three years later, Germany demanded her extradition as the only survivor of the hijackers of a Lufthansa plane in 1977. Andrawes was extradited and sentenced to 10 years in prison, but was sentenced finished in Norway.
The case is reminiscent of Walid Osmans, but Souhaila did not have Norwegian citizenship. The legal process of extradition took a long time. In the end, the Supreme Court accepted that she was extradited. Andrawes still lives in Norway. New Time asked her, through her lawyer, if she knew who Walid Osman was. The answer was negative. Today, Souhaila Andrawe's coverage shuns. Som Osman.
Norway and Sweden. However, his "boss", Abu Nidal, is not unknown in Norway. For a period, he even had a Norwegian passport. Allegedly stolen. It was Yassir Arafat himself who revealed the "detail". In any case, Abu Nidal had good contacts in Norway in 1986–1988. His right hand man Mohammed Samir Khadar lived in Sweden, and regularly crossed the border until he was killed during the attack on the cruise ship City of Poros (in which nine people died) in Athens in 1988.
"Several Palestinian terrorist groups had dormant cells in Norway and Sweden in the 1980s and 1990s, both the PFLP and Abu Nidal," said Swedish expert Magnus Ranstorp.
"For them, everything changed with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Scandinavian countries offered an oasis of peace. Members of these groups attract attention and could operate in Southern Europe, "says Ranstorp. Many were granted residence permits for humanitarian reasons.
Iver Frigaard, former PST chief, confirms Ranstorp's statement.
"After the French, British and German police intensified the hunt for Palestinian terrorists in the late 1980s, the Nordic countries became peaceful ports, but also a base for them. They had a large number of fake passports and identities, "he told VG. These were young experienced men, most often recruited in Lebanese camps. After a basic training in terrorism at Abu Nidal in Lebanon and Libya, they were sent to Europe as "students".
According to Frigaard, no European country dared to arrest and prosecute Palestinians suspected of terrorism at the time, for fear of bloody reprisals. A Lebanese man was escorted by Norwegian police in silence from Norway to Damascus in 1991. He had been sentenced to 50 years in prison for terrorism in Spain, but released after threats.
Oslo. Two years later, Palestinians and Israelis signed the Oslo Accords. Norway was chosen by both parties. After being among the most Israel-friendly for a long time, many Norwegians had changed sides. Is that why the suspect in Skien can sleep so peacefully? Not just. Today he is Norwegian, and like most countries, Norway protects its own.
Paris. In France, the crime is not obsolete. A trial is likely to take place, and a fourth suspect is now wanted in Jordan. The families of the victims of Rue des Rosiers must still be patient. After 33 years, it is not as easy.
