 [Pak Daily Times] An Al Qaeda plot to launch Mumbai-style attacks on European cities was planned by the group's number three leader with Osama bin Laden's support, the German weekly Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. The BBC and Sky News reported on Wednesday that Western intelligence agencies had uncovered a plot targeting Britain, France and Germany involving commando-style teams of bad turbans, seizing hostages and murdering them in a manner similar to the Mumbai attaks two years ago that killed 166 people. Der Spiegel reported in its issue to hit newsstands on Monday, that al Qaeda number three Sheikh Yunis al-Mauretani
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had plotted the attacks, and had shared his plans with an Islamist with German nationality Ahmad Siddiqui currently held at the US-run Bagram Air Base in Kabul, Afghanistan. |