Posted on 06/09/2004 6:22:34 PM PDT by blam
Attack on Metro 'foiled by raids'
(Filed: 10/06/2004)
Islamic militants arrested in a series of raids across Europe were planning a suicide attack on the Paris Metro, according to their arrest warrant.
The 27-page Italian judicial document included transcribed telephone conversations in which the suspects discussed the Metro system, security arrangements and a "martyr" referred to as Mohamed.
The warrant, seen by the Reuters news agency, was used to detain Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, known as "Mohamed the Egyptian", a former Egyptian army explosives expert believed to be one of the masterminds of the Madrid commuter train attacks.
Those blasts killed 191 people and wounded 1,900.
Spanish police arrested six more people in the north of the country yesterday in connection with the sale of explosives used in the March 11 train bombings.
The Italian arrest warrant quotes members of the group as saying they planned a rehearsal for an attack in Paris using SMS mobile phone technology. The Milan prosecutor's office said the method was similar to that used in the Madrid bombings, when bombs were triggered using mobile telephones.
Ahmed and another man were arrested in Italy. Belgian police, acting on information from Italy, arrested 15 people they said were preparing for an attack.
In 1995, eight people died and around 200 people were injured in a wave of attacks by Algerian Islamist militants on the Paris Metro. Two men were sentenced to life imprisonment for the blasts.
Last month the French authorities launched an anti-terrorist exercise simulating an attack on the Metro.
The Italian arrest warrant quotes members of the group as saying they planned a rehearsal for an attack in Paris using SMS mobile phone technology. The Milan prosecutor's office said the method was similar to that used in the Madrid bombings, when bombs were triggered using mobile telephones.Someone call the karma-paramedics. I feel a vigorous bout of schadenfreude coming on.
I thought the French said they werent the target..
How weird. France is one of the countries that's all chummy with the Islamics. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you....
LQ
They're on my list of targets!
And, they're going to stay there....until they French people toss out every lying politician up to Chiraq.
Semper Fi
Raids is highly effective against cockroaches.
Now I'm really confused. I thought the French were their friends. Does this mean if we are nice to the terrorists, they'll try to kill us anyway? Bummer!
The currently dominent, secular, EUphile factions are chummy with the Islamics. There is still a small but focussed remnent in France and the enemies of the West know this. Their strategy is to futher Islamize France and drive the remnent out. They do not want the possibility of Rightist or Pro Western backlash in France. Another goal is to further drive a wedge between the US and Europe. The idea of a united Western Civilization is not something our enemies care for.
Originally distributed by Reuters:
"...arrested Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, known as 'Mohamed the Egyptian' and suspected of playing a lead role in the Madrid train bombings..."
Nice double-top-secret code name you Jihadist dope. Needless to say, the French will continue to appease all who threaten them now and forever.
~ Blue Jays ~
More detail:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,1235407,00.html
At one point, the associate in Belgium, identified only as "Mounrad", was quoted as saying "everything is in place". The two men also discussed a third person, referred to as Mohammed, who was already in Paris and was said to be "ready for martyrdom".
Other telephone references were said to show that the suspected terrorists were preparing a rehearsal of the attack using mobile telephones, as in the March 11 Madrid attack.
They planned to use a programme downloaded from the internet that would allow the mobile phones to be activated simultaneously by an SMS text message. Mobile phones work underground in several of the largest Paris metro stations.
You feed a rabid dog, it bites your hand. This should not be surprising.
I wonder how soon after the thwarted attack the French would have started collaborating.
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