Egyptian police arrest an American, others for alleged terror plots.

MSNBC.COM ^ | 12/4/2006 | MSNBC News Services

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Egyptian police arrest an American, others for alleged terror plots.

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That's all so far.

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Also breaking at FOX.....http://www.foxnews.com/

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Related to this? Egyptians hunt Palestinian squad

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Egyptians security forces guard the site where one of the three explosions took place in the touristic resort of Dahab in April 2006. Egypt has said a group of foreigners arrested recently included French, US, Belgian, Syrian and Tunisian nationals who have links to terror groups and were recruiting Islamists for "jihad" in Iraq.(AFP/File/Pedro Ugarte)

Egypt says arrested foreigners had terror links

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt has said a group of foreigners arrested recently included French, US, Belgian, Syrian and Tunisian nationals who have links to terror groups and were recruiting Islamists for "jihad" in Iraq.

The Egyptian interior ministry said in a statement Monday it had dismantled an underground extremist organisation with links to foreign terror organisations.

French diplomatic sources had confirmed the arrest nearly two weeks ago of French Islamists in Cairo and Alexandria. Nine of them are expected to be flown back to France this week.

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I wonder how the Egyptians will treat these terrorists?

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Probably works for the NYT or the AP.

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Wonder if it's that jerk doing the videos for AQ...

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Just an 'embedded' independent reporter?

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If he/she is an American Jihadist do not extradite them back here, let the Egyptians handle them in their own special way and not our damn courts that will just try to release them.

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Sad

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From FOX....."CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian police have arrested an American, 11 Europeans and several others from Arab countries for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in Middle Eastern countries including Iraq, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.

Authorities said the group was part of an Islamic militant terror cell that had adopted extremist ideas and were living in Egypt under the disguise of studying Arabic and Islamic studies, the ministry said in a written statement.

Along with the American, police arrested two Belgians, nine French and several others from Egypt and other Arab countries including Tunisia and Syria, the statement said."

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Egyptian police arrest an American, others for alleged terror plots.

No doubt named Mohammad.

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Sad but true.

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He'll be begging, crying, willing to sell his soul to the devil (well, he already has, but I digress) for them to send him to Gitmo.

And our hands are clean. This isn't somebody we sent to Egypt for interrogation, he screwed up in their jurisdiction.

Oh well, martyrdom isn't really martyrdom if it comes too easy...

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Egypt has said a group of foreigners arrested recently included French, US, Belgian, Syrian and Tunisian nationals who have links to terror groups and were recruiting Islamists for "jihad" in Iraq.

That means the Americans were American Muslims. There are thousands of these Muslims still living in the U.S.
That's a scary thought, isn't it?

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Foreigners arrested for plotting attacks

By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD, Associated Press Writer

CAIRO, Egypt - Police have arrested an American, 11 Europeans and several others from Arab countries for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in Middle Eastern countries including Iraq, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

The group was part of an Islamic militant terror cell that had adopted extremist ideas and were living in Egypt under the guise of studying Arabic and Islamic studies, the ministry said in a statement.

Along with the American, police arrested two Belgians, nine French and several others from Egypt and other Arab countries including Tunisia and Syria, the statement said.

The ministry did provide names or say how many Egyptians and Arabs were arrested.

"Investigations have confirmed that those elements are related to some terrorist organizations abroad," the ministry said. "They were seeking to recruit others, teach them destructive beliefs, urging them for jihad, traveling to Iraq to carry out operations via other countries in the region."

They were arrested about a week ago, police officials said, speaking on condition on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. It was not immediately clear if all the arrests took place in Cairo or elsewhere in Egypt.

All of the arrested were in jail pending further investigation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/egypt_arrests

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FOX just said much of the violence reported in Iraq may not be real. It may be "fabricated."

I can believe that. Now that the elections are over, the violence has virtually come to a complete stand still. No more 24/7 pictures of blood, guts, and gore are coming from the drive by liberal media. Go figure.