Five arrested in Italy anti-terror swoop

Italian anti-terrorist police say they have arrested five suspected Islamic extremists in Florence overnight and are conducting a series of searches elsewhere in Tuscany and Liguria.

Police say the five were Tunisian and Algerian nationals suspected of links to Al Qaeda.

Authorities say they belonged to the outlawed Ansar al Islam and were involved in recruiting suicide bombers to carry out attacks against Western targets in Iraq.

The ANSA news agency says 13 searches have already been carried out in the provinces of Liguria and Tuscany.

-- AFP

TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedaitaly; captured; imam; iraq; islam; italy; jihadineurope; mosque; muslims; terror

Islam, a religion of peace. I saw this story on a Italian site, I beleive one of those arrested is a Imam from a Mosque, go figure.

1 posted on 05/09/2004 5:01:43 AM PDT by csvset

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To: Dog

Anti-terror arrest bump

2 posted on 05/09/2004 5:02:15 AM PDT by csvset

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To: csvset; Coop; Cap Huff; Boot Hill; Angelus Errare; swarthyguy

Thanks for the ping.

3 posted on 05/09/2004 2:15:11 PM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)

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"suspected links"

This is like saying George Soros and moveon.org have "suspected links" to the DNC.

4 posted on 05/09/2004 10:53:28 PM PDT by Cap Huff

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This is like saying George Soros and moveon.org have "suspected links" to the DNC.

Or Michael Moore has suspected ties to a meatball sandwich.

5 posted on 05/10/2004 12:47:29 PM PDT by Coop (Freedom isn't free)

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