40 Mid-Air Terror Plot Suspects Reported Arrested in Italy

Foxnews.com ^ | 8-11-06 | foxnews

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Pakistan: Suspected London Plane Terrorists Have Al Qaeda Connection

LONDON — Police arrested 40 people in cities throughout Italy in raids on Muslim gathering places in a security crackdown after Britain thwarted an alleged terror plot, the Interior Ministry said Friday, as Pakistani intelligence agents claimed there was an connection with ties to to the group of suspected terrorists arrested Thursday.

The arrests in Italy were made Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples and other cities on Thursday and Friday "as part of an extraordinary operation that followed the British anti-terrorist operation," the ministry said in a statement.

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[mysterio]

40?

[pgyanke]

Does this mean it was more of a world-wide plot than the Britain to America flights?

[vimto]

Wohoo! Thats the way!

[I_like_good_things_too]

FIND those missing egyptian "students" ASAP.

[cripplecreek]

It's finally starting and the world won't be able to ignore it any longer.

[taxed2death]

Ban Muzzies from all flights.

Let muzzies ride camels to where they need to get too.

[RushCrush]

I hope they're interrogating the Egyptian students they found! / wishful thinking

[Paradox]

FORTY? Holy cow..

Perhaps there was a much larger conspiracy here than we thought..

[kidd]

I didn't think that this would be isolated to the UK. I don't think that we've been given the whole story about the United States cells either.

Why else would Romney/Schwartzenegger use the National Guard to protect OUR airports?

[keithtoo]

Rove is unleashing his dastardly plan.......

[hawkaw]

Italy? Wow. Now I know why the POTUS didn't look himself yesterday during the news conference.

[The KG9 Kid]

This was going to be Al-Qaeda's biggest show yet.

Dozens upon dozens of planes, it appears.

Right. Find those remaining Egyptians.

[WV Mountain Mama]

I thought they arrested 20ish of the 50 suspects yesterday, why would 40 more be arrested in Italy? Is this a much bigger plot than reported so far?!

[GSlob]

Well, the known travel strike group of 30-50 had to have a support group. I remember reading the estimates of 100-150 involved. And the thing might be broader than has been so far announced.

[LIConFem]

"Let muzzies ride camels to where they need to get too."

Bad idea. Have you any idea how much explosives one can conceal in a camel's hump?

[Argus]

Good to see somebody's got their eye on the ball.

[Dallas59]

Be interesting to find out if they're Methodists.

[BluH2o]

England, Pakistan, and now Italy. Next Canada? Reading a list of the names of the perps arrested to this point looks a lot like the Toronto telephone directory.

[r9etb]

That's a lot. One wonders if Mr. Ahneedajihad's plans for 22 August have been somewhat affected....

Note, btw, that the Turks recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders on 23 August, 1244.... One also, therefore, wonders if these planned bombings were supposed to be a diversion from something planned for 23 August.