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Syria claims to have arrested hard boyz, uncovers plot
Syria has arrested a group of radical Islamist militants who planned to launch attacks inside the country, state television said on Friday.The state-controlled TV channel did not give any details but said the confessions of the arrested men would be aired on Saturday. Damascus says its security forces have clashed with militants in recent months during raids to arrest them. The authorities say they have also tightened the noose on suspected Arab Islamists, arresting dozens and extraditing scores to their home countries, including Saudi Arabia. The Bush administration has complained that Syria is not doing enough to halt the flow of men and money to the insurgency in Iraq. One group accused by the Syrian authorities of planning attacks -- the Jund al-Sham, or Soldiers of the Levant -- has been linked by some terrorism analysts to al Qaeda leader's in Iraq, Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-10-22 |
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