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Just when I thought the Irish authorities were responsible, it looks like I'll have to reconsider. Jaime-Paulin Ramirez was released from custody (via The Jawa Report):

Colorado mother Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was released from custody in Ireland after being arrested in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who angered many Muslims by portraying Mohammed with a dog's body.

Authorities are still holding three other suspects in that alleged plot, including Paulin-Ramirez' husband and Colleen Larose, who allegedly called herself "Jihad Jane" online.

According to the UK Times, their terrorism laws are not scripted out well:

This weekend three suspects remain in custody following the release of all three women and a man. Those released may yet face charges, a police spokesman said, while those still in custody can be held until Tuesday.

The police presence outside the Kashmir restaurant was far less relaxed early last week when 20 officers armed with pump-action shotguns stormed an adjacent apartment block and arrested a 26-year-old Croatian man.

At the same time police raids were being carried out in other locations in Waterford and Cork. Three married couples were arrested, all of them Muslims. The police would say only that seven people aged from their 20s to late 40s had been arrested under Section 50 of the anti-terror Offences against the State Act.

The link between the suspects, who made Irish legal history by appearing in the first private hearings at Waterford court so that police could extend their periods of detention up to a maximum of seven days, is strongly suspected to be “Jihad Jane”, an al-Qaeda “groupie” accused by the FBI of planning the murder of the controversial Swedish cartoonist, Lars Vilks.

I wonder if we'll even hear from Swedish authorities that this is unacceptable? Best guess is - probably not. This is atrocious, and Ireland's parliament needs to deal with this and amend the laws properly.

Labels: Europe, terrorism, war on terror