Saga of Sami

This is a fairly long story, which I will try to trim it down to forty lines.  Personally, I think it's epic enough to make into a movie.  For reference material?  I'll use part of a N-TV article from mid-July 2018, and a piece from FreeWestMedia from 25 Apr 2018.

Years ago Osama bin Laden had a number of bodyguards.  One can argue over the degree or significance of the group, but they were mostly there because they were trusted not to talk, and their willing nature to protect bin Laden.

So there's this guy....Sami (we will use only his first name).  Sami ended up in his youth (early 20s) as a bodyguard.  He's out of Tunisia and I doubt that he had any great skills other than handling a weapon.  No one ever states skills or crafts in this Sami story.  Sami's period of employment?  Well....at best, maybe a couple of months (it's never clear).  As things go 'south' after 9-11....Sami leaves.  He ends up in Germany, and some type of info comes up (maybe from the US, but it's never clear) that how Sami knew bin Laden.

So in 2006 (12 years ago), Sami got dragged into a German investigation.  They could see he was a bodyguard, but there just wasn't much else.

Sami after 2006?  Well.....he's married to some gal who was a German citizen (it's never described in detail, and one might think that it was arranged but there's zero proof of that).

Sami is on some type of assistance program (no one says Hartz IV, German welfare) but there's just not another program that would fit.

Time passes and Sami finally gets on some list of folks who have issues.....and he's routed on a method to deport.  In public news, there's no evidence that he assaulted anyone, sold drugs, or done anything of a felony nature.  Maybe there's some hidden evidence of him hanging out with the wrong people, but it's a pretty marginal topic.

BamF (the immigration authority of Germany) processes the paperwork, and Sami finally makes it to the big list (to be fully deported).  Now, you'd sit and pause over this.  He's been in Germany for twelve to fourteen years.  Now being deported?  Yep.

There's an appeal going on, with the court of the region acting on what they see, and they decide at some late hour.....to 'stay' Sami's deportation (back to Tunisia).

Here's the odd thing.....the court involved in this and ordering the 'stay'?  Well....they DID NOT talk to BamF until the next day at 8:37 AM.  Well....by this time in the morning....Sami was actually on the plane and up in German air space.  So the court made this decision the night before?  More or less....the afternoon prior.  You can ask the court why they waited....my guess is that their secretary had gone home and this was the first thing she faxed in the morning.

So Sami arrives in Tunisia (he likely hasn't been back there since 2000).  Cops are interested in Sami and he's taken downtown.

The German court?  All frustrated that Sami was deported.  They blame BamF, Seehofer, and the city of Bochum (his local town).  In fact, the court is so angry, that they issue a warning if Bochum doesn't retrieve Sami by 1 August....there's a 10,000 Euro fine.   Bochum responds and goes to court, saying it's not their function and the fine is unfair.  Another court will have to hear that case.

Sami's experience with the Tunisian cops?  Well.....they interrogate him.  Any info Sami has....is from 2000, and I kinda doubt if it's of any value.

So Tunisia in the last three days has released Sami.....holding his passport, and saying he can't leave the country.  The German court says he must return.  Bochum says they'd prefer he stay there.  And Sami is missing that 1,400 Euro a month that Germany used to hand him.

To be honest, other than employment for a couple of months for bin Laden's crew, there's not much to say about Sami.  Maybe there is some super-secret stuff on Sami, but he hasn't been much of a factor in things for a dozen years.  It'd make a great movie but no one would believe it.