"We're in a democracy ... we're not in a totalitarian state," Berton said, stated the attorney for Abdelslam. That is a profound statement. It is far easier for the terrorists in Europe compared to their residence with Daesh.
These men would have been killed by a genocidal group of Ba'athists somewhere in Syria if they failed. Abdeslam faces justice according to the standards of a French democracy. A democracy written to protect the innocent. European democracies are targets for Daesh. And while they are placing designs of death on societies, they are comfortable and treated with respect. These horrible men take advantage of democracy to end it. This is more than a group of killers, they are banking on fear within democracies to end them.
The killer Abdeslam is being processed. That is all that is happening here. He is being processed. It doesn't mean he deserves respect or has a valid alibi. He is being processed to protect all others wrongfully accused. It is important France maintains it's high standards of democracy. Abdeslam will receive justice through a valuable form of governance. I congratulate France for the strength in seeking the truth and bringing it's brevity to the justice it's democracy demands.
The contrast of France to the bloody regime of Daesh is a government of strength and not a regime of fear and death too afraid to realize it's own truth.
..."That means be judged (click here) for facts and acts that he committed but not for what he did not commit simply because he is the only survivor of the attacks," Berton said.
These men would have been killed by a genocidal group of Ba'athists somewhere in Syria if they failed. Abdeslam faces justice according to the standards of a French democracy. A democracy written to protect the innocent. European democracies are targets for Daesh. And while they are placing designs of death on societies, they are comfortable and treated with respect. These horrible men take advantage of democracy to end it. This is more than a group of killers, they are banking on fear within democracies to end them.
The killer Abdeslam is being processed. That is all that is happening here. He is being processed. It doesn't mean he deserves respect or has a valid alibi. He is being processed to protect all others wrongfully accused. It is important France maintains it's high standards of democracy. Abdeslam will receive justice through a valuable form of governance. I congratulate France for the strength in seeking the truth and bringing it's brevity to the justice it's democracy demands.
The contrast of France to the bloody regime of Daesh is a government of strength and not a regime of fear and death too afraid to realize it's own truth.
..."That means be judged (click here) for facts and acts that he committed but not for what he did not commit simply because he is the only survivor of the attacks," Berton said.
Abdeslam, whose brother blew himself up in the attacks, is charged with attempted murder over a March 15 shootout with police in Brussels. He was arrested three days later.
Belgian police questioned Abdeslam about potential links to the three suicide bombers who attacked the Brussels Airport and subway on March 22, killing 32 — just days after Abdeslam's arrest.
Mystery continues to hang over Abdeslam's role in the Paris attacks. He returned from France to Belgium after his brother blew himself up, calling cohorts in Brussels to fetch him. However, a suicide belt bearing his fingerprints was found south of Paris and a car he had been driving was found in a northern Paris district.
Berton, who has taken on tough cases in the past, said in the iTele interview that Abdeslam "has the right to be defended."
"We're in a democracy ... we're not in a totalitarian state," Berton said.
