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Dutch Police Arrest Suspected Member of al-Shabab Network

by Associated Press

   THE HAGUE --

   Dutch prosecutors say police have arrested a Dutch man with a Somali
   background on suspicion of "involvement with a terror organization" in
   Somalia.
   The National Prosecution Office said in a statement Tuesday that the
   22-year-old suspect was detained last Wednesday in the southern town of
   Sint-Oedenrode based on information from the Netherlands' General
   Intelligence and Security Service.

   Prosecutors say the man, whose identity was not released, is suspected
   of playing an active role since last year with extremist group
   al-Shabab in southern Somalia.
   Prosecution spokesman Wim de Bruin says the suspect is scheduled to
   appear before an investigating judge Wednesday in Rotterdam.
   Prosecutors want the judge to extend the suspect's detention while
   investigations into his activities continue.