Belgian Syria fighters get sentence doubled at appeal court

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    BBC Monitoring International Reports, January 10, 2014 Europe, 3pp
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    • Abstract:
      Text of report by Belgian newspaper De Standaard on 9 January[Analysis by Mark Eeckhaut: "No Mercy for Jihadists"] Hasan Hamdaoui (34), the Sint-Jansplein terrorist, and his companions were given a heavy sentence by the Antwerp Appeal Court. A strong signal to Belgian fighters in Syria. Antwerp Mayor Bart De Wever (N-VA [New Flemish Alliance]) said just last weekend in the media that the judicial authorities were much too lenient with Muslim extremists...