 Israeli authorities have closed the Al-Aqsa Mosque Monday morning, allegedly following warnings by Jewish extremists to attack the holy shrines and disrupt the Israeli elections due on Tuesday. Israeli police warned of more than 70 alerts of planned terror attacks to coincide with this week's elections, reported the Haaretz newspaper. Israeli Police also alleged that Palestinian militants "are planning to use the politically charged time to cause provocations." Israeli police forces were put on high alert status Sunday, 48 hours before the opening of polling stations. A Police spokesman was quoted by Haaretz as saying 22,000 uniformed and undercover officers would deploy at city entrances and at shopping malls and other public places deemed possible targets. Posted by: Fred 2006-03-28 |
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