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Europe
Italy Arrests Afghan Suspected of Plotting Attacks
2016-05-11
[AnNahar] Italian police on Tuesday tossed in the calaboose
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
 an Afghan suspected of plotting attacks in Italia, Britannia and La Belle France after finding incriminating evidence on his mobile phone.
Well done, guys!
A second Afghan has been arrested for alleged people trafficking while warrants have been issued for three other people, two Afghans and a Pak man, police said.

The investigation began in December after four Afghans were spotted taking videos inside a shopping center in Bari in southern Italia, and a police search of their phones uncovered other images of the city's airport and port, as well as sites in Rome, Gay Paree and London.

"It was clear these were not tourist images. They appear to have been scouting sensitive sites," prosecutor Roberto Rossi said at a presser in Bari.

The phones also contained images of Italian and Afghan military vehicles and weapons, as well as Taliban propaganda videos
Not ISIS or Al Qaeda? Life gets ever more interesting.
and "a series of chants traditionally sung in preparation for martyrdom", he said.

One of the defendants was also seen in a photograph posing with an MS16 semi automatic rifle, which Rossi said was "not an easy weapon to find on the market".
Have they tried Rotterdam or Marseille?
He also had links on his smartphone to websites "only accessible to those with connections to the international jihadist network".

The suspects had been taking expensive trips around Europe, which they had paid for in cash, Rossi said.

Investigators also uncovered details of trafficking prices and routes of migrants colonists into Italia, but also through Hungary or Calais.

But they were unable to pull information from one of the phones recovered: a locked iPhone.
Ask the FBI -- they've got contacts in iPhone cracking circles.
The two men arrested had each been awarded a humanitarian residence permit in Italia -- one in 2011 and one last week -- and the latter was still living at a reception center for asylum seekers when he was detained.
Those seem to be good places to find bad guys.
Interior Minister Angelino Alfano hailed the "success of a high-level inquiry" and said the case showed no country was "zero risk".

Police said the investigation would continue, with Rossi suggesting it was "likely" the desperados had returned to Afghanistan and Pakistain, but could also be in other European countries.
The Times of Israel names names:
Prosecutors say Hakim Nasiri, 23, was being held on suspicion of international terrorism while Gulistan Ahmadzai, 29, was arrested on suspicion of aiding illegal immigration. Only one of the other suspects is believed to be in Italy.
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