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..
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!
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.
I wonder how soon after the thwarted attack the French would have started collaborating.