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Africa North
Egypt: 10kg Explosives Found On Cell Planning Bombing
2013-05-12
[Ynet] Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said that one of the gunnies captured for planning to carry out a suicide kaboom against a foreign embassy in the country had been a member of al Qaeda in Algeria, and had travelled to Pakistain and Iran to receive training.

The incarcerated
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cell had been found in possession of statements issued by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and 10 kg (22 pounds) of aluminium nitrate, which is used to make bombs, Ibrahim said.
The Times of Israel added:
Mohammed Ibrahim told a news conference Saturday that the men had been in contact with Dawood al-Assady, a leader of al-Qaeda in southeast Asian countries such as Pakistain.

He said the suspected are also believed to have links with the so-called “Nasr City terror cell,” which was broken up last year and its members tossed in the slammer
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on accusations of plotting attacks against public figures in Egypt.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  We should have already known.

Indeed. And it is confirmed at tipper's link as ours.
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-05-12 17:41  

#2  He did not identify the embassy

Not necessary. We should have already known.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-05-12 04:45  

#1  Update
3 Arrested in Plot to Bomb Egyptian Cities and Embassy
Posted by: tipper   2013-05-12 04:39  

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