Omar Hayssam, charged with the kidnapping of three journalists in Iraq, seems to have had bigger plans. A former cell-mate claimed on Thursday that Hayssam’s plan was to kidnap president Basescu’s younger daughter, Elena, in case he wouldn’t obtain his release from prison.

Omar Hayssam disappeared from Romania and was never heard from again as soon as the doctors decided that his health condition was poor enough to give up imprisonment, even though the main accusation was terrorism.

The surprise witness, convicted for embezzlement, says that Hayssam had support from some social-democrat (Opposition) officials.