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Europe
Swiss thwart plot to attack El Al plane
2006-06-08
h/t Drudge.
Swiss justice authorities said Thursday that they had thwarted a plot by a group of North Africans to attack a plane of the Israeli airline El Al, and had made seven arrests in the process.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office said the individuals had been seized in sweeps which began on May 12 in Zurich and Basel, AFP reports, following an investigation which had shown that their cell had 'very seriously considered' attacking the Israeli carrier in Switzerland.
Posted by:Steve White

#10  Good police work. Thanks, SwissTex!
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-06-08 22:40  

#9  Some details:

Investigations also found that one of the members of the group had links to Mohamed Achraf, the suspected mastermind of a plot to blow up the National Court in Madrid.

Achraf was arrested in Switzerland and then extradited to Spain in April last year.

According to the statement, justice officials moved in on a group carrying out thefts across the Zurich region in early 2005.

Subsequent investigations found that part of the profits from the thefts were going towards financing a terrorist organisation and that the arrested people had contacts with similar cells in France and Spain.
Posted by: SwissTex   2006-06-08 20:48  

#8  What profiteth it a terror organization, if it win Mogadishu but lose the rest of the world?

/Schadenfreude, for the moment, at least.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-06-08 18:10  

#7  "They try...oh, man do they try!"
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The Producers, 1968
Words spoken by the late great Dick Shawn
Posted by: borgboy   2006-06-08 16:38  

#6  followers of st. augustine of hippo no doubt
Posted by: yo momma   2006-06-08 15:30  

#5  Mess with commerce in our territory, will ya?
Posted by: Knights Templar   2006-06-08 13:15  

#4  We're not gonna pay full price airfare!
Posted by: ed   2006-06-08 12:44  

#3  "North Africans "??? Do ya mean Muslims killing to please allah?
Posted by: Thaviting Spavins6164   2006-06-08 12:38  

#2  A group of North Africans, eh? Copts? Perhaps a few holdouts from the Egyptian cults?

Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-06-08 11:46  

#1  Dang, Steve. I sourced it didn't I?
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-06-08 11:38  

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