| The German chief federal prosecutor's description of events surrounding what appears to have been an attempt to assassinate Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, was unusually detailed. Point by point Kay Nehm made it clear just how advanced plans were to carry out an attack on Allawi during his visit to Germany late last week. His report shows that the plans allegedly hatched by three Iraqis arrested in Germany on Friday were so rushed they probably would have had difficulty carrying them out. However, it also reveals the suspects to be more than fringe figures, with the plot leader said to have close links with the Ansar al-Islam terrorist group in Iraq. |