ADDING to post no. 9:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/09/helps-south-africa-beef-security-world-cup-al-qaeda-threats/
Udated April 09, 2010
“U.S. Helps South Africa Beef Up Security for World Cup After Al Qaeda Threats”
By Jana Winter - FOXNews.com
SNIPPET: “The State Department has been providing South African police with extensive training after threats against the American and British teams during the world’s most-watched sporting event”
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Quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2488772/posts
Qaeda Group Threatens to Attack World Cup
CBS NEWS.com ^ | April 7, 2009, 2:38 pm ET - Updated | Posted by Khaled Wassef
Posted on April 7, 2010 7:08:59 PM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: “The North African terror group al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has threatened to attack this summer’s World Cup games in South Africa.
“How amazing could the match United States vs. Britain be when broadcasted live on air at a stadium packed with spectators when the sound of an explosion rumbles through the stands, the whole stadium is turned upside down and the number of dead bodies are in their dozens and hundreds, Allah willing,” reads a statement the group published in a recent issue of the Jihadi online magazine Mushtaqun Lel Jannah (Longing to Paradise).”
SNIPPET: “In addition to the U.S. and U.K. teams, the teams representing France, Germany and Italy are also on the group’s list of targets.
“All those countries are part of the Zionist-Crusader campaign against Islam,” the statement says.
The group says they will use some undetectable explosive that will be able to circumvent security checkpoints at the games.”
SNIPPET: “South Africa had announced last October that its security forces had foiled an al Qaeda plot to carry out a terrorist attack during the 2010 football World Cup. According to reports published then, South Africa’s National Intelligence Agency, senior police forces and American agents jointly conducted the operation, which led to the arrest of a number of suspects linked to the group in Somalia and Mozambique working on a plot to carry out bomb attacks during the games.”
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